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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We support the proposed rule. We applaud CMS for continuing to update CoPs for health care providers and to ensure that regulations are current, reflect the best and most recent knowledge about care delivery, and embody high expectations for quality of care.
The AHA supports the revised definition of a “plan,” which better distinguishes between a plan and a product line.
The AHA recommends that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) require greater transparency in how states set MCO capitation rates.
Fundamental reform of the RAC process is at the heart of an effective and permanent solution to the appeal backlog problem and will enable hospitals to get timely administrative review that clearly is required by the Medicare statute.
We are truly dismayed to see that despite the numerous legal defects that we identified in these audits, the OIG has proceeded to issue at least four new audit reports using extrapolation in the last month that include many of the same flaws.
The American Hospital Association appreciates your introduction of S. 2942, legislation to establish a hospital fund to stand-up regional treatment centers for patients with Ebola or other specified infectious diseases.
We greatly appreciate that the Senate Rural Health Caucus and its members continually recognize the unique circumstances and challenges that small and rural hospitals face.