Alliance Statements and Letters

August 18, 2023 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access comments on proposed OPPS rule for CY 2024 | Read the Letter

July 26, 2023 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access responds to bipartisan Senate 340B RFI, focusing on the need to clarify the program’s orphan drug exclusion, to ensure that struggling rural hospitals have the resources needed to serve their patients and communities | Read the Letter

June 7, 2023 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access comments on proposed IPPS rule for FY 2024 | Read the Comment

May 18, 2023 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access submits statement for the record, following Senate Finance Health Subcommittee hearing on improving health care access in rural communities | Read the Statement

March 30, 2023 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access endorses the Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 1110) | Read the Letter

March 30, 2023 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access press release on reintroduction of the Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 1110) | Read the Press Release

September 1, 2022 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access comments on proposed OPPS rule for CY 2023 | Read the Comment

June 7, 2022 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access comments on proposed IPPS rule for FY 2023 | Read the Comment

April 6, 2022 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access endorses the Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 4009) | Read the Letter

April 12, 2022 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access submits policy priorities to Senate Rural Working Group | Read the Letter

March 15, 2022 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access endorses the Rural Hospital Support Act (H.R. 1887) | Read the Letter

March 11, 2022 – Alliance for Rural Hospital Access endorses the RURAL HELP Act | Read the Letter

August 25, 2021 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access comments on proposed OPPS rule for CY 2022 | Read the Comment

February 12, 2021 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access endorses the Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act | Read the Letter

December 29, 2020 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access contacts CMS regarding implementation of IPPS add-on payment for COVID-19 patients under the CARES Act | Read the Letter

December 17, 2020 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access responds to HHS RFI on regulatory relief to support economic recovery | Read the Letter

October 29, 2020 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access responds to Congressional RFI on 340B Program | Read the Letter

September 18, 2020 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access comments on proposed OPPS rule for CY 2021 | Read the Comment

July 6, 2020 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access comments on proposed IPPS rule for FY 2021 | Read the Comment

May 3, 2020 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access sends letter to CMS regarding requests for enforcement discretion to better enable MDHs and SCHs to respond to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency | Read the Letter

November 25, 2019 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access responds to RFI from House Ways and Means Committee’s Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force | Read the Letter

December 18, 2018 Alliance for Rural Hospital Access sends letter to CMS on recommendations to ensure a strong rural health care safety net | Read the Letter