Letters

FHA Comments on HRSA 340B Drug Pricing Program
📅 January 30, 2023
FHA Comments on HRSA 340B Drug Pricing Program; Administrative Dispute Resolution Proposed Rule.

FHA Comments on 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”)
📅 January 30, 2023
FHA Comments on proposed revisions to the regulations governing the confidentiality of substance use disorders (SUD) records, commonly known as 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”).

CMS-9899-P: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024
📅 January 30, 2023
FHA comments on the proposed rule, CMS-9899-P: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024.

Request for Information on Creating a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety
📅 January 26, 2023
FHA comments on advancing patient and healthcare workforce safety through the development of a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety (Action Alliance).

FHA Comments on Rulemaking 59A-35.115, Patient Safety Surveys
📅 November 18, 2022
FHA comments on hospital public reporting of patient safety survey data for the proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2023.

FHA Comments on the CMS’ OPPS and ASC for CY 2023
📅 September 13, 2022
FHA comments on hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2023.

FHA Comments on the CMS Medicare Advantage Program Request for Information
📅 September 6, 2022
FHA comments on hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2023.

FHA Comment Letter to CMS on Proposed Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)
📅 August 29,2022
FHA voices its support for CMS’ implementation of the REH designation yet proposes a few updates to the proposed language that would strengthen the program and improve the adoption of the REH designation by hospitals.

FHA to CMS Re: Hospital IPPS for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and FY 2023 Rates
📅 June 17, 2022
FHA comments on CMS’ FY 2023 proposed inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) to ensure that Medicare payments for acute care services more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care.

FHA Comments on the CMS’ Mandatory Minimum Staffing Levels/ FHA Comment Letter to CMS on Mandatory Minimum Staffing Levels
📅 June 10, 2022
FHA comments on CMS’ mandatory minimum staffing levels and the unintended consequences this could have on patients needing skilled nursing services and the hospitals that serve them.

FHA Comment Letter to CMS on Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS for FY 2023
📅 May 31, 2022
FHA comments on CMS’ Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS for FY 2023 and updates to the IRF quality reporting program by opposing any action to include home health discharges within the IRF PPS transfer policy.