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Letters
Includes: Regulatory Comment Letters, Letters to and from the Hill, Letters to and from the Administration, and Letters to and from Federal Agencies
AHA Comment Letter Re: Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances
September 23, 2008
AHA comments on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) proposed rule for electronic prescriptions for controlled substances.
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AHA Comment Letter Re: Provider Conscience Regulation
September 23, 2008
AHA comments on the Department of Health and Human Service's (HHS) proposed rule on provider conscience protections.
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AHA to Sen. Wyden Expressing Support for S. 3367
September 19, 2008
AHA letter to Sen. Wyden expressing support for S. 3367, legislation that seeks to align timeframe designations crucial to the certification of rural health clinics (RHCs).
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AHA to Sen. Smith Expressing Support for S. 3367
September 19, 2008
AHA letter to Sen. Smith expressing support for S. 3367, legislation that seeks to align timeframe designations crucial to the certification of rural health clinics (RHCs).
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AHA Comments on CMS' Proposed Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule
August 28, 2008
AHA Comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2009. Our remarks pertain specifically to the provisions for independent diagnostic testing facilities (IDTFs), especially the mobile entity billing requirements.
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AHA Comment Letter on CMS' National Coverage Analyses of Surgery on the Wrong Patient
August 28, 2008
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) national coverage analyses of surgery on the wrong patient, wrong surgery on the patient and surgery on the wrong body part.
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AHA Comments on CMS' Proposed Rule for the CY 2009 Outpatient Prospective Payment System
August 28, 2008
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule for the calendar year 2009 outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and the attachment, "Partial Hospitalization Insights And Implications
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Comment letter on CMS's proposed exception to self-referral prohibitions
August 27, 2008
AHA comment letter on CMS's proposal to create an exception to the Self-Referral prohibitions related to incentive and shared-savings programs.
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AHA Comment Letter: Re: CMS' Rural Health Clinic Proposed Rule
August 22, 2008
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rural health clinic (RHC) proposed rule.
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AHA Comment Letter Re: Performance of the Fiscal Intermediaries Contracted by CMS
August 21, 2008
AHA comments on the performance of the fiscal intermediaries (FIs) contracted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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