Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
AHA comments in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Request for Information regarding the Medicare Advantage program.
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.
Congress needs to hear the stark financial realities facing hospitals and health systems in the post-pandemic landscape. These resources can aid your conversations with lawmakers and their staffs as you impress upon them the urgent need to support hospitals amid crushing financial challenges.
The deadline for signatures on the bipartisan 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letters circulating in the House and Senate that ask CMS to make critical changes to the hospital IPPS proposed rule for FY 2023 to more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients has been extended to close of鈥
Bipartisan 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letters are circulating in the House and Senate that would ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make critical changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 to more accurately reflect the cost鈥
The AHA has been making the case to CMS urging it to adjust the market-basket update to account for the unprecedented inflationary environment hospitals and health systems are experiencing, and eliminate the productivity cut. We also have asked Congress to weigh in with the agency to make these鈥
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., are spearheading a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to make critical changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 to more鈥
This document contains a directory of: AHA Officers and Board of Trustees; Committees and Regional Policy Boards; Task Forces, Strategic Leadership Groups and Advisory Groups; Awards Committees; Representatives and Nominees to Other Organizations; Affiliates and Subsidiaries; Professional鈥
Highlights from AHA鈥檚 recent advocacy efforts on behalf of America鈥檚 hospitals.
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for the infrastructure that supports the health care workforce needs of the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future.