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On March 18, 2020, the Senate passed the second of three legislative packages planned to address the coronavirus, a bill t...

by Patrick Cooney, The Federal Group Just before leaving for the holiday break Congress moved swiftly to pass a broad p...

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), the Co-Founders and Co-Chairs...

September 20, 2017 POLICY UPDATE ON HEALTHCARE REFORM Update from Patrick Cooney of The Federal Group, AABC'...

Health Care Reform Dies In The Senate   Around 1:45 am on the morning of Friday, July 28th, the Sena...

A Senate Republican bill, BRCA, that largely repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with coverage provisions t...

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Take a look at this report from Washington that sheds light on reimbursements for birth center births. WA_State_Report...

The White House said Tuesday the administration is talking to House lawmakers about possible changes to the GOP Obamacare...

Leaked Copy of the ACA Replacement Plan What is being planned to replace the Affordable Care Act and how it might im...

AABC submitted a proposal to the national working group on alternative payment models . Your birth center voi...

CMS Meeting in response to letter from AABC, NACPM and ACNM about Medicaid MCO problems AABC, ACNM and NACPM represen...

Are you tired of discriminatory practices against birth centers and midwives?  YES!  So, let's do something abou...

In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Federal Registry CMS-9942-NC : Request for Information Reg...

In response to the Federal Trade commission’s (FTC) February 2014, Federal Register Notice entitled “ Examining Health Car...

In response to the recent American College of Physicians (ACP) and American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) opinion paper...

AABC submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission before their workshop in early March, 2014: "Examining Health Care...

This amendment was added to the Affordable Care Act by long time Iowa Senator, Tom Harkin (D), as a means to prevent again...

WHAT'S HAPPENING: IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION A new Washington Post/Kaiser Health News article highlights problems with M...

Congress and most state legislatures are now on a three week long recess until Tuesday, January 7, 2014.  It is essen...

AB 1308 passes in the CA Senate and Assembly with unanimous support   Good News:  AB 1308 has passed! Thi...

Congress and most state legislatures are now on a month long recess until Labor Day. The dog days of August provide a grea...

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard hosted a congressional briefing on a newly released study by the Ame...

As health care costs and the rate of cesarean births for expecting mothers have escalated over the past two decades in the...

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held a briefing at the DC Developing Families Center and Family Health & Birth Cent...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Benchmar...

Birth Centers celebrate as the Health Care Reform Bill will guarantee facility fee payments to birth centers all over the...