Letter/Comment

The latest advocacy letters and comments from the 黑料正能量 Association.

The AHA responds to Representatives Frank Pallone and Greg Walden request for information related to the development of the No Surprises Act.
AHA response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 request for information on the Geographic Population-Based Payment model option of the Primary Cares Initiative.
Reps. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Pete Olson, R-Texas, are asking their colleagues to join them in urging House leadership to delay for at least two years the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cuts scheduled to take effect Oct. 1. 
AHA letter to Representative Kilmer expressing support of H.R. 2552, the 鈥淧rotecting Local Access to Care for Everyone Act.鈥 
The AHA today expressed support for the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act (H.R.1767/S. 824), bipartisan legislation that would renew and expand an innovative demonstration program that expands access to treatment of mental illnesses and substance use disorders鈥
The AHA supports the administration鈥檚 goal of expanding access to coverage and increasing competition between health plans, but does not believe that efforts to facilitate the sale of insurance across state lines 鈥渨ill achieve either of those goals in a meaningful way,鈥 the association said today,鈥
AHA letter to Senator Richard J. Durbin expressing support of provisions of legislation, S. 916, the Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMA鈥檚) Act.
AHA letter to Representative Robin L. Kelly expressing support of provisions of legislation, H.R. 1897, the Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMA鈥檚) Act.
AHA comments on the Joint Commission鈥檚 recently proposed standards for perinatal safety.