Correspondence
2008
May 30, 2008
AAMC Letter
on Opposition to Proposed Capital IME Payment Elimination
(PDF, 2 pages)
May 22, 2008
Hospital
Group Letter to Senate Urging Support for Medicaid Provisions
in Supplemental (PDF, 1 page)
May 20, 2008
Hospital
Group Letter to Senate Supporting Specialty Hospital
Provisions in Iraq Supplemental (PDF, 2 pages)
April 2, 2008
AAMC Letter
of Support for the "Protecting the Medicaid Safety
Net Act of 2008" (H.R. 5613) (PDF, 2 pages)
March 12, 2008
Hospital
Group Letter Opposing Senate Budget Amendments (PDF,
2 pages)
February 12, 2008
AAMC Letter
of Support for Medicare "RAC" Moratorium Legislation
(H.R. 4105) (PDF, 1 page)
January 17, 2008
AAMC Letter
of Support for Bingaman/Dole Medicaid legislation (S.
2460) (PDF, 2 pages)
2007
November 20, 2007
Group Medicaid
Letter to House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
(PDF, 2 pages)
October 23, 2007
Letter of
Support for Sense of the Senate Amendment Maintaining
Medicare coverage for Clinical Trials (PDF, 1
page)
October 16, 2007
Letter of
Support for Legislation to Extend the Medicaid Moratorium
(also sent to Rep. Sue Myrick) (PDF, 2 pages)
October 2, 2007
Hospital
Group Letter Supporting Medicaid Moratorium Extension
(PDF, 1 page)
September 25, 2007
AAMC Letter
of Support for SCHIP Reauthorization (H.R. 976)
(PDF, 1 page)
September 18, 2007
Hospital
Group Letter on Nurse Supervisors (PDF, 1 page)
July 26, 2007
AAMC Letter
of Support for the CHAMP Act (HR 3152) (PDF,
2 pages)
June 18, 2007
Provider
Group letter in Support of A Unique Device Identification
System for Medical Devices (PDF, 2 pages)
May 22, 2007
Group SCHIP
Letter Supporting Tobacco Tax Increase (PDF,
3 pages)
April 27, 2007
Group SCHIP
Letter to Budget Committee Supporting Tobacco Tax Increase
(PDF, 3 pages)
March 23, 2007
Hospital
Group Letter on Conference Agreement (PDF, 2
pages)
March 14, 2007
AAMC Letter
on (S. 588) The "Resident Physician Shortage Reduction
Act of 2007" (PDF, 2 pages)
February 27, 2007
Hospital
Group Letter on Medicaid Proposed Rule and Medicaid
GME Budget Proposal (PDF, 2 pages)
January 23, 2007
AAMC Letter
of Support for the Health Partnership Act (S. 325/H.R.
506). Similar letters sent to Sen. Voinovich (R-OH),
Rep. Baldwin (D-WI), Rep. Price (R-GA) and Rep. Tierney
(D-MA) (PDF, 1 page)
2006
December 4, 2006
Hospital
Group Letter on Proposal to Cut Medicaid (PDF,
2 pages)
September 19, 2006
Group Sign-On
Letter in Support of House HIT Provisions (PDF,
3 pages)
August 28, 2006
AAMC Letters
to Bingaman/Voinovich in Support of Health Partnership
Act (PDF, 1 page)
July 20, 2006
AAMC Letter
to CMS Urging Extension of Clinical Trial Policy Comment
Period (PDF, 1 page )
June 28, 2006
Hospital
Group Medicaid Documentation Letter to Secretary Leavitt
(PDF, 2 pages)
June 27, 2006
June 27 Provider
Letter in Support of S. 2071/H.R. 4033 (PDF,
4 pages)
May 12, 2006
May 12, 2006
Hospital Group Letter to HHS Regarding Medicaid Documentation
(PDF, 2 pages)
March 10, 2006
March 10,
2006 Hospital Group Letter to Medicaid Commission
(PDF, 2 pages)
March 6, 2006
March 6,
2006 Hospital Group Letter on FY 2007 Budget (PDF,
2 pages)
2005
August 5, 2005
Hospital
Group Letter to Senate Finance/House Energy and Commerce
Committees Regarding Medicaid Cost Sharing (PDF,
1 page)
May 9, 2005
Hospital
Group Letter on Bar Coding (PDF, 2 pages)
April 25, 2005
Group Letter
in Support of Removing Physician Group Limits on Patients
Receiving Substance Abuse Treatment (PDF, 2 pages)
March 14, 2005
AAMC Letter
in Support of Smith/Bingaman Medicaid Amendment to Senate
FY 2006 Budget Resolution Letter Sent to All Senators (PDF, 1 page)
February 18, 2005
Provider
Group Letter on Recognizing Volunteer Supervisory Physicians
in Non-hospital Sites for Purposes of DGME and IME Payment
Policy (PDF, 9 pages)
February 15, 2005
Letter to
Congress Urging Opposition to Medicaid Cuts (PDF,
1 page)
February 8, 2005
Provider
Group Letter on EHR Safe Harbor (PDF, 11 pages)
January 25, 2005
AAMC Letter
Supporting Physician Group Practice Legislation Removing
Patient Limit (PDF, 1 page)
2004
December 16, 2004
Provider
Group Letter Opposing Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
in the FY 2006 Budget (PDF, 1 page)
September 24, 2004
Hospital
Group Letter on SCHIP (PDF, 1 page)
September 9, 2004
Hospital Coalition
Letter Opposing Limitation to Funds for Providing Emergency
Care to Undocumented Immigrants (PDF, 2 pages)
August 16, 2004
AAMC Letter
on Federal Funding for Emergency Services Provided to
Undocumented Aliens (PDF, 4 pages)
July 12, 2004
AAMC Comment
letter on the Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient
Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2005 Rates
(PDF, 31 pages)
June 17, 2004
AAMC Letter
to Democratic Platform Committee (PDF, 1 page)
May 7, 2004
Hospital
Group Letter on "Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical
Assistance Amendments of 2004" (H.R. 3722)
(PDF, 2 pages)
March 29, 2004
Provider
Group Letter Opposing Medicaid Cuts in the Conference
Budget Resolution (PDF, 1 page)
March 11, 2004
Provider
Group Letter Opposing Medicaid Cuts in the House Budget
Resolution (PDF, 1 page)
March 9, 2004
Provider
Group Letter Opposing Medicaid Cuts in the Senate Budget
Resolution (PDF, 1 page)
March 3, 2004
America's
Hospitals and Health Systems Letter on Medicaid Provisions
in the Senate Budget Resolution (PDF, 1 page)
2003
November 19, 2003
AAMC
Letter Supporting Medicare Conference Agreement (PDF, 2 pages)
October 6, 2003
AAMC
CY 2004 OPPS Proposed Rule Comments Letter (PDF, 8 pages)
October 1, 2003
Sample Letter
to Urge Congress to Restore IME Cuts (PDF, 1
page)
August 1, 2003
Senate Letter
to Medicare Conferees in Support of Restoring the IME
(PDF, 3 pages)
July 31, 2003
Senate Members
Letter to the Medicare Conferees on Medicaid DSH Provisions
Circulated by Sens. Chafee, Graham, Bingman, and Enzi
(PDF, 2 pages)
July 15, 2003
Hospital
Group Letter on Medicaid DSH Provisions in S.1 and H.R.1
(PDF, 1 page)
July 10, 2003
Letter on
roles of Teaching Hospitals (PDF, 7 pages )
July 8, 2003
AAMC Comment
Letter on Proposed Rule Updating the Inpatient Prospective
Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2004 (PDF,
29 pages)
June 20, 2003
Hospital
Group Letter to Sen. Bob Graham in Support of S.1 Provisions
that Would Expand Medicaid/SCHIP Coverage to Legal Immigrant
Children (PDF, 1 page)
May 2003
House
Republicans Letter on State Fiscal Relief/FMAP Provisions
in the "Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003" Circulated
by Reps. King and LaHood and sent to the Conferees (PDF, 1 page)
April 24, 2003
Hospital
Group Letter on Medicaid DSH Legislation
Sent to All Members of Congress (PDF, 2 pages)
April 4, 2003
AAMC Comment
Letter on Medicare Outlier Payment Proposed Rule
(PDF, 8 pages)
April 1, 2003
AAMC
Letter to Budget Conferees on Discretionary Spending
and Medicaid Spending Levels (PDF, 2 pages)
January 14, 2003
AAMC
Letter to MedPAC on Proposed IME Recommendation
(PDF, 2 pages)
2002
October 7, 2002
AAMC Comment
Letter on Medicare Outpatient PPS Proposed Rule
(PDF, 8 pages)
October 1, 2002
Letter to
Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley in Support
of the "Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare
Equity Act of 2002"
September 9, 2002
Sen. Feinstein
Letter: From Senate Democrats to Senate Majority Leader
Daschle
July 8, 2002
AAMC
Comment Letter on Fiscal Year 2003 Medicare Inpatient
PPS Proposed Rule (attachments 1,2)
June 12, 2002
AAMC Letter
of Support for the "Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act" (S.2590)
March 22, 2002
Health Group
Letter on Medicaid Hearing
January 17, 2002
Comment Letter
to the NQF on the Recommendations of its Strategic Framework
Board
January 16, 2002
Hospital
Group Letter to President Urging No Medicare Cuts in
FY 2003 Budget
2001
October 10, 2001
Health Group
Commentary to HHS Secretary Thompson: September 2001
GAO Report on Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Payment
Policies
October 3, 2001
AAMC Comment
Letter on CY 2002 Outpatient Proposed Payment System
Proposed Rule
October 3, 2001
Hospital
Group Letter in Support of the "Medicare Regulatory
and Contracting Reform Act of 2002" (H.R. 2768)
July 3, 2001
Comment Letter
on Fiscal Year 2002 Medicare Prospective Payment System
Proposed Rule
January 12, 2001
AAMC Comment
Letter on November 13 Medicare Outpatient PPS Interim
Final Rule
2000
August 31, 2000
AAMC Comment
Letter on Medicare Coverage of Clinical Trials
August 31, 2000
AAMC Comment
Letter on BBRA Interim Final Rule
August 25, 2000
AAMC Letter
Requesting Delay in Provider-Based Criteria
June 30, 2000
Comment Letter
on Fiscal Year 2001 Medicare Prospective Payment System
Proposed Rule
June 23, 2000
OIG Letter
on Outpatient PPS Compliance (PDF, 2 pages)
June 6, 2000
AAMC Comment
Letter to HCFA on Outpatient PPS Interim Final Rule
March 7, 2000
AAMC's View
on MedPAC's August 1999 Report on Graduate Medical Education
1999
November 3, 1999
America's
Health Care Providers and Patient Groups Supporting
BBA Relief for Teaching Hospitals
July 19, 1999
AAMC Comment
Letter on Proposed Rule (Outpatient PPS) (PDF,
34 pages)
July 6, 1999
Comment Letter
on Medicare Fiscal Year 2000 Hospital Inpatient Prospective
Payment System: Final Rule
1998
July 7, 1998
Comment Letter
to HCFA on Fiscal Year 1999 Medicare Prospective Payment
System Proposed Rule
1997
October 28, 1997
AAMC Comment
Letter (Inpatient PPS)
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