The AHA applauded “the new direction” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking to modify, modernize and clarify the physician self-referral law, also known as the Stark Law, to “provide space for the types of innovative arrangements among hospitals and physicians that can enhance care coordination, improve quality and reduce costs.”
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
AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership today voiced support for the Resolving Extended Limbo for Immigrant Employees and Families Act (S.
This is a downloadable Model Letter to Submit Comments to CMS on Proposed Rule on Stark Law that the AHA has created for your use.
AHA comments on the House Ways & Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force request for information (RFI).
The American Hospital Association's comments on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) discussions on consolidation within the health care field as well as graduate medical educat
Re: CMS–10709, Hospital Survey for Specified Covered Outpatient Drugs; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request (Vol. 84, No. 189), September 30, 2019.
AHA, health care organizations voice support for the Accountable Care in Rural America Ac
The Federation of American Hospitals and the American Hospital Association, urge Congress to oppose S. 2860 and any other legislation that would repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned
hospitals.
AHA letter expressing support for the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act (H.R.