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.
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…
Amicus Brief supporting motion to dismiss: OFCCP, Department of Labor v. Florida Hospital of Orlando
Amicus brief in support of Defendant Florida Hospital of Orlando's Motion to Dismiss Case As Moot Pursuant to Amendment to TRICARE
AHA and five other national hospital organizations today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's expansion of the Medicaid program and reject the argument of FL and other states that it is unlawfully "coercive." If "…
Amici Brief and Motion for Leave to Participate as Amici Curiae in judgment against NLRB's Final Election Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts individual mandate because the crisis of uninsurance substantially affects interstate commerce, the AHA and five other national hospital organizations said in a friend-of-the-court brief (insert link) filed today.…
While contending that the individual mandate to purchase health insurance contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional, if the U.S. Supreme Court finds it unconstitutional the court should rule on the severability of the mandate from the rest of the law and not…
AHA friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Colorado governor's decision to opt out of Medicares physician supervision requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists to improve access to care for rural residents.
BRIEF FOR THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ET AL. AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF FEDERAL PETITIONERS
The AHA, AAMC, CHA, FAH, NACH and NAPH favor enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). And it is why this Court should promptly grant the Governments petition for certiorari and hold that the ACA is a constitutional exercise of Congresss Commerce Clause power.
AHA Amicus Brief Filed With the Supreme Court to Enforce Medicaid Law