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New AHA Report Finds Workplace and Community Violence Cost Hospitals More than $18 Billion Annually

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new, comprehensive report that measures the substantial financial resources hospitals and health systems spend on preventing and responding to violence in their facilities and communities.
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AHA Applauds Introduction of The Save Healthcare Workers Act

Every day, health care workers bravely serve our communities, providing lifesaving care often under stressful circumstances. It is unacceptable that these dedicated caregivers regularly face the threat of violence while working to help patients heal.
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Claire Zangerle Named Chief Nurse Executive of the AHA and Chief Executive Officer of AONL

The American Hospital Association (AHA) named Claire M. Zangerle, DNP, R.N., as senior vice president and chief nurse executive of AHA and chief executive officer of its American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
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AHA Statement on Final FTC Noncompete Regulation

For all of the reasons the AHA explained in its comment letter, the FTC’s final rule banning non-compete agreements for all employees across all sectors of the economy is bad law, bad policy, and a clear sign of an agency run amok. The agency’s stubborn insistence on issuing this sweeping rule — despite mountains of contrary legal precedent and evidence about its adverse impacts on the health care markets — is further proof that the agency has little regard for its place in our constitutional order. 
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AHA Statement on Final Rule on Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes

The AHA strongly believes that a skilled, caring workforce is integral to delivery of high quality, safe care. Yet, the process of safely staffing any health care facility is about much more than achieving an arbitrary number set by regulation.
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New AHA Report Finds Financial Challenges Mount for Hospitals & Health Systems Putting Access to Care at Risk

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new report that details the extraordinary financial pressures continuing to affect hospitals and health systems, as well as access to patient care.
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New Report Shows 2022 Will be the Most Financially Difficult for Hospitals and Health Systems Since the Start of Pandemic

A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the American Hospital Association shows that hospitals and health systems continue to face intense pressure on staff and resources while also dealing with rising expenses for supplies, drugs and equipment, as well as for the workforce.
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New AHA Report Highlights Massive Surge in Input Costs for Hospitals and Health Systems

WASHINGTON (April 25, 2022) — The American Hospital Association today released a
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AHA Report Helps Hospital and Health System Leaders Address Workforce Challenges

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released Strengthening the Health Care Workforce, the first of a three-part series to help hospital and health system leaders develop immediate, near- and long-term workforce strategies providing key considerations and questions to drive action, as well as resources and case studies.
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AHA Statement on Proposed Rule on Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes

The AHA strongly believes that a skilled, caring workforce is integral to delivery of high quality, safe care. At the same time, safe staffing is about much more than a number. We are concerned that in proposing a one-size-fits-all numerical staffing threshold, CMS would remove the role of clinical judgment in staffing facilities, and inadvertently create patient access challenges across the health care system.