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AHA expresses support for Save Healthcare Workers Act

The AHA May 8 voiced support for the Save Healthcare Workers Act to House and Senate sponsors of the legislation. The bipartisan bill would make it a federal crime to assault hospital workers, similar to current federal law protecting airline and airport workers.
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AHA’s Hughes discusses advocacy priorities and key messages for Capitol Hill

Stacey Hughes, AHA’s executive vice president for government relations and public policy, discussed key messages that hospital and health system leaders should share with their lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week.
Advocacy

Federal Public Policy and Legislative Solutions for Improving Maternal Health Sept. 2024

At the federal level, several legislative initiatives specific to maternal mortality have been enacted. Several other initiatives have been introduced in Congress the last year.
News

Senators introduce the SEPSIS Act

Senators Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bob Casey, D-Pa., Sept. 11 introduced the SEPSIS Act, legislation which would task the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with building on its current efforts addressing sepsis care.
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AHA urges Senate committee to support federal programs promoting workforce diversity, maternal health 

Mounting pressures on the health care workforce have created a crisis with short-term staffing shortages and a long-range picture of an unfulfilled talent pipeline, and significant projected shortages of physicians and allied health and behavioral health care providers will likely be felt even more strongly in underserved communities, AHA told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing May 2.
Testimony
Public

AHA Statement: Legislative Proposals To Increase Medicaid Access And Improve Program Integrity

On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners — including
News

#HAVhope: Hospitals Lead Efforts during National Day of Awareness to End Violence

Hospitals and health systems are beacons of healing, comfort, care and hope.
Press Releases

AHA Statement on Omnibus Legislation

This legislation will deliver critical support and resources so we can better care for our patients and create healthier communities.
Fact Sheets
Public

Fact Sheet: Health Care Workplace Violence and Intimidation, and the Need for a Federal Legislative Response

Congress should enact the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act, which provides health care workplace protections against violence similar to those that exist for flight crews, flight attendants and airport workers.