The AHA is asking hospital and health system leaders to contact their representatives and senators to sign on to “Dear Colleague” letters to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting critical changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., and Carol Miller, R-W.Va., are spearheading the House letter and Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., are leading the Senate letter.
Please contact your representatives and senators today and ask them to sign these bipartisan letters to CMS. It is important that we secure as many signers as possible to show CMS there is strong congressional support to make these necessary changes.
The deadline for signatures on the House and Senate letters has been extended to Monday, July 25, 2022.
With Congress back in Washington, D.C., the AHA is asking hospital and health system leaders to contact their House members to cosponsor the bipartisan Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act of 2022. The health care workforce needs Congress’ help to stop the increasing violence they face on the job. Recent studies indicate that 44% of nurses reported experiencing physical violence and 68% reported experiencing verbal abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Workplace violence has severe consequences for the entire health care system. Not only does violence cause physical and psychological injury for health care workers, workplace violence and intimidation make it more difficult for nurses, doctors and other clinical staff to provide quality patient care.
AHA Advocacy Alliance were created to help you engage your legislators on specific issues that have a direct impact on your ability to continue providing quality health services in your community. Alliance activities include special briefing calls and emails to keep members up-to-date on key developments, breakout sessions at AHA Advocacy Days, direct member outreach and other issue-specific resources.
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The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care was formed to protect access to the best quality health care for all Americans. We are a community of more than one million people who recognize the important role hospitals play in communities all over America, and advocate on their behalf to elected officials in Washington who too-often put funding for paitent care on chopping block.
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The AHA Political Action Committee (AHAPAC) allows eligible hospital leaders to make voluntary donations toward the support of federal candidates of both political parties who support the hospital policy agenda. AHAPAC is bipartisan, working with state hospital associations and others. AHAPAC raised more than $4 million for the 2020 elections, making more than 1,000 different contributions.
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