COBTH TESTIMONY

Government Relations staff from COBTH member hospitals work with the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, and other organizations on advocacy efforts on local, state, and federal policy issues of concern to member hospitals. You can find copies of our public testimony and comment letters from 2022 and 2023 below. Our testimony archive can be found here. 

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Federal Testimony​​

• Senate HELP Committee PREVENT Pandemics Act Discussion Draft, February 4, 2022

• COBTH 2022 Priorities Letter to MA Congressional Delegation, February 18, 2022

• OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Reopened Comment Period, April 22, 2022

• FY2023 Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, June 17, 2022

• CY2023 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, September 6, 2022

• CY2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, September 13, 2022

 

State Testimony​​

• Health Policy Commission Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark Testimony, March 18, 2022

• Division of Insurance Proposed Telehealth Regulations, May 18, 2022

 

City Testimony

• Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, Environment Department Phase 1, January 14, 2022

• Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, Air Pollution Control Commission, Phase 1, February 11, 2022

• Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, Air Pollution Control Commission, Phase 1 Redraft, March 11, 2022

• Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, Environment Department, District Energy Systems, October 14, 2022

• Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, Air Pollution Control Commission, Phase 2, November 10, 2022

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