Amicus Briefs

NOT YET SCHEDULED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT No. 20-5193

NO DATE FOR ORAL ARGUMENT HAS BEEN SET No. 20-5193

ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED No. 20-5193 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

The AHA, California Hospital Association, and Washington State Hospital Association today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to reverse a district court decision in a lawsuit brought by data analysis company Integra Med Analytics that “gives private plaintiffs broad license to file suits under the FCA in ways that Congress never intended and expressly barred.”

The 5th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the case at the motion to dismiss stage.  The decision reinforces that attempting to make a case using statistics is not sufficient, details of alleged false claims are always required.   

This brief1 is filed on behalf of 36 state hospital associations,2 which represent over 5,000 hospitals and health systems that treat tens of millions of patients every year and currently stand on the frontlines of a global pandemic. Amici and their members (hereafter “amici”) share an interest in delivering quality, affordable health care, and therefore in the preservation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The AHA, joined by America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court decision that held the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional.

The AHA, joined by the Association of American Medical Colleges, Federation of American Hospitals, Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Hospital Association, urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals decision that gives whistleblowers “broad license” to bring False Claims Act lawsuits against hospitals and other health care providers. 

US Chamber of Commerce files amicus brief supporting legal challenge to rule requiring disclosure of negotiated charges (Feb. 28. 2020).

The AHA and five other national hospital groups today filed a friend-of-the court brief (LINK) urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to affirm a district court decision blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect while legal challenges to the rule proceed.

Thirty-three state hospital associations late yesterday filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to review this term an appeals court decision that held the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional. 

Motion of Amici Curiae American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Federation of American Hospitals, Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylv

The AHA and five other hospital groups filed a friend-of-the court brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington to prevent the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect Oct. 15. 

The AHA and five other hospital groups September 11, 2019, filed a friend-of-the court brief urging t

In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today, the AHA, along with the Federation of American Hospitals, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, America’s Essential Hospitals, and the As

Twenty-four state hospital associations urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse, highlighting

The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the U.S.

Amici Curiae Brief of the North Dakota Medical Association, North Dakota Hospital Association, American Hospital Association and American Medical Association