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.
AHA today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Department of Health and Human Services in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude all drugs with an orphan designation from an HHS final rule expanding the 340B drug discount program to rural and cancer hospitals under the Patient…
Hospitals must be able to rely on the advice of qualified counsel when determining whether a particular transaction is legally permissible under the Stark Law, the AHA and South Carolina Hospital Association said in a friend-of-the-court brief filed yesterday in the 4th U.S.
AHA files Amicus Brief in support of ACA subsidies for federally-facilitated exchange participants
Brief Amici Curiae of the Equal Employment Advisory Council, National Federation of Business Small Business Legal Center and ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association in Support of Petitioner
The AHA and eight state hospital associations yesterday filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review a decision by a three-judge panel of the court, which reversed an injunction to prevent a proposed 10% Medicaid payment cut to hospitals and other…
The AHA and the Kentucky Hospital Association today urged the Kentucky Supreme Court to reverse two lower court rulings restricting the scope of protection for patient safety information under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSA).
Hospitals should be able to appeal Provider Reimbursement Review Board decisions beyond the usual time limit in extraordinary circumstances, the AHA said today in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, a case involving Medicare…
AHA seeks to ensure that state-action doctrine is applied in a manner that does not impede the valuable work of Americas public hospitals.
Case: 12-3583 AHA files Amicus Brief with U.S. Court of Appeals supporting ProMedica Health System, Inc., The AHA has a substantial interest in the application of antitrust law to hospital mergers, which often foster, rather than diminish, competition, and in many cases are necessary for hospitals…