Letters

Throughout the year, the AHA comments on a vast number of proposed and interim final rules put forth by the federal regulatory agencies. In addition, AHA communicates with federal legislators to convey the hospital field's position on potential legislative changes that would impact patients and patient care. Below are the most recent letters from the AHA to these bodies.

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AHA urges HRSA to restore policy for 340B hospitals with new outpatient facilities.
AHA comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) fiscal year (FY) 2024 SNF prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-La Sure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building
AHA comments on the fiscal year (FY) 2024 IRF prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
AHA, 340B hospitals and stakeholders voice concerns with two pieces of legislation that were recently passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee.
AMERICA’S HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS   May 23, 2023
The AHA expresses its concern with the ongoing lack of clear and actionable guidance on environmental risk mitigation in facilities that provide psychiatric services.
AHA expresses serious concerns about the Federal Trade Commission’s unprecedented attempt to enforce the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) against a Louisiana hospital’s acquisition of three hospitals in the New Orleans area.