Amicus Brief
The AHA weighs in on a number of issues of importance to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients they care for, as they come before the court. Below are our most recent friend-of-the-court briefs.
Browning Ferris Industries of California, Inc DBA BFI Newby Island Recyclery v. National Labor Relations Board
The AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling that relators seeking damages and penalties under the False Claims Act cannot use statistical sampling to prove a case challenging the exercise of…
midwest division - mmc, llc doing business as menorah medical center v. national labor relations board, respondent, national nurses organizing committee-kansas/national nurses united, intervenor
AHA/FAH Amicus Brief urging NLRB to affirm long-standing position on inclusion of "jointly employed" employees in bargaining units
Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Sept. 4, 2015
AHA, FAH support overturning NLRB decision that allows incumbent unions to organize in piecemeal fashion.
AHA's brief specificially urges the Court to grant certiorari over the third question regarding how lower courts weigh evidence that a merging company in the future will have less competitive significance.
AHA, others file friend-of-the-court brief in King v. Burwell
The Amicus Brief, on behalf of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association, in support of Petitioner in ProMedica Health System, Inc. v. FTC, No. 14-762
The AHA and Federation of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿s on Dec. 23 urged the Supreme Court to affirm a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the right of health care providers to take states to court when they fail to live up to their payment obligations under the Medicaid Act.