May 22, 2023
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.
Latest
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.
AHA letter to Senate leadership regarding funding for health care programs for fiscal year 2024.
AHA letter to Representatives Robert Aderholt and Rosa DeLauro regarding funding for health care programs for fiscal year 2024.
AHA today voiced support for bipartisan legislation in the House that would authorize through fiscal year 2025 a federal program that provides grants to public graduate medical education programs for physicians, with a focus on states with the most severe primary care provider shortages.
AHA today voiced support for bipartisan legislation in the Senate that would authorize through fiscal year 2025 a federal program that provides grants to public graduate medical education programs for physicians, with a focus on states with the most severe primary care provider shortages.
AHA today voices support for the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, legislation that would create a federal grant program for hospitals to initiate or expand violence prevention programs linked to trauma centers and examine their effect on re-incarceration and readmission rates.
The AHA is pleased to support the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (S. 1302).