2002

Comment Letter
Revising the Compliance Program Guidance for the Hospital Industry, August 19, 2002

OIG Request for Input on Revising Hospital Compliance Program Guidance, June 18, 2002 and Current Guidance, February 23, 1998

AHA Amicus Brief
Public Citizen, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (No. 01-5294) [Access to Medicare peer review information], May 17, 2002

CMS: Proposed EMTALA Regulation, May 9, 2002

Exchange of letters between AHA and CMS regarding Self-Referral/Stark guidance, and related correspondence

• AHA letter to Thomas Scully: Request for guidance on Stark law, Dec 3, 2001
• Thomas Scully letter to AHA: Response to Dec. 3, 2001 request for guidance on Stark law, March 14, 2002
• Legal counsel review  of March 14, 2002 letter from Thomas Scully to AHA, April 11, 2002

AHA Position
The Wrongful Denial of Medicare Losses on Sale Involving Mergers and Consolidations of Non-profit Hospitals by the Department of Health and Human Services, April 2002

Medicaid UPL Lawsuit

• UPL Reply Brief,  April 9, 2002
• GAO Letter To Sen. Kennedy on UPL, April 5, 2002
• Press Release: NAPH, AHA: Medicaid UPL Cuts Would Fray America's Health Care Safety Net
• Litigation Summary
• Legal Background Memo
• UPL Complaint

Impact on Hospitals:

• Alameda County Medical Center - Oakland, CA
• Ashley County Medical Center - Crossett, AR
• Delta Memorial Hospital - Dumas, AR
• Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis, MN
• Natividad Medical Center - Salinas, CA
• New York City Health and Hospital Corporation - New York, NY
• San Francisco Department of Public Health - San Francisco, CA

AHA Amicus Brief
Exeter Hospital Medical Staff, et.al v. Board of Trustees of Exeter Health Resources, Inc., et al, the State of New Hampshire Supreme Court (No. 2001-134) [Is a hospital medical staff a separate and independent entity with the legal capacity to sue the hospital], January 2002