Amicus Briefs

The AHA weighs in on a number of issues of importance to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients they care for, as they come before the court. Below are our most recent friend-of-the-court briefs.

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AHA, others challenge Novartis in court filings to defend Mississippi’s 340B contract pharmacy law .
AHA, others challenge PhRMA in court filings to defend Mississippi’s 340B contract pharmacy law.
AHA amicus brief defending Kansas’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Law in ABBVIE INC., et al., case.
AHA/THA Nurse Staffing Rule Amicus Brief in AHCA v. Becerra litigation.
AHA Amicus Brief in Moyle v. United States Remanded Ninth Circuit EMTALA Case
Amicus Brief: ABBVIE INC., et al., v. Keith M. Ellison, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Minnesota Motion to Dismiss 340B Litigation
Amicus Brief: Motion to Dismiss in Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v Plaintiff, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota in 340B litigation.
No. 24-10561IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 
Amicus Brief: AHA, Electronic Health Record Association In Support of PointClickCare Technologies, Inc, re: information blocking and health information IT.
The American Hospital Association, 340B Health, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (collectively, the “Proposed Amici”) respectfully move this Court for leave to file the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants Attorney General Andrew Bailey, President of the Missouri Board of Pharmacy James L. Gray, Vice President of the Missouri Board of Pharmacy Christian S. Tadrus, and Members of the Missouri Board of Pharmacy Douglas R. Lang, Colby Grove, Anita K. Parran, Tammy Thompson, and Darren Harris’s Motion to Dismiss and Opposition to Plaintiff Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Exhibit A).
The AHA, joined by five other national hospital associations, filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to correct the Department of Health and Human Services’ misinterpretation of the formula set by Congress to calculate Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, which includes a Medicare fraction that counts supplemental security income-eligible Medicare beneficiaries in the numerator and the total Medicare-eligible population in the denominator.
Amicus Brief, AHA, Others File Amicus Brief Challenging Reviewability of Certain CMS Determinations
While the AHA respects the FTC’s efforts to address issues of genuine unequal bargaining power between certain employers and certain types of workers, the FTC proposed non-compete rule would profoundly transform the health care labor market – particularly for physicians and senior hospital executives.
AHA et al Amicus Brief to Prevent Injunction Against 340B Pricing for Contract Pharmacy Arrangements in Novartis v. Morrissey Litigation
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA 
AHA, others file amicus brief in case to defend Mississippi’s 340B contract pharmacy law.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges and America’s Essential Hospitals, friend-of-the-court brief in a Supreme Court case.
A friend-of-the-court brief in support of a Louisiana law that prohibits drug companies from denying Louisiana hospitals the same 340B discounts for drugs dispensed at community pharmacies that would be provided via in-house pharmacies.