Action Alert
黑料正能量 Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Please contact your representatives today and ask them sign on to a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging it to reinstate the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements outlined in HHS鈥 June 19 FAQ that defined both expenses and lost鈥
Please contact your Republican senators today and ask them sign on to a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing concerns that a Sept. 19 change in HHS鈥 COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements will create uncertainty and financial鈥
New definition will have adverse effect on hospitals, especially those serving rural and vulnerable communities
In response to recent actions taken by a number of drug companies to limit the distribution of certain 340B drugs to hospitals and health systems, Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and David McKinley, R-W.Va., along with Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., and鈥
As Congress considers additional (and possibly its last for a while) COVID-19 relief actions, we need to mount a full court press to ensure that hospitals and health systems 鈥 and their front-line caregivers 鈥 receive additional federal support as we navigate the greatest public health and鈥
The AHA has developed comments it will submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the agency's proposal to collect negotiated rate information on the Medicare cost report
As Congress considers additional COVID-19 relief actions, we need to make sure hospital and health systems' priorities are at the top of its list.
Congressional leaders continue to work on proposals for the next COVID-19 relief package.
Leaders from the Senate, House and Administration are working on proposals for the next COVID-19 relief package. While timing for the next package is still uncertain, previous COVID-19 relief legislation have come together quickly, so it is important to engage with your lawmakers immediately.
Leaders from the Senate, House and Administration are poised to discuss proposals for the next COVID-19 relief package to combat the pandemic.
It is urgent that you contact your senators and representative today and urge them to provide additional funding of at least $100 billion for hospitals and鈥