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America Needs Strong Hospitals to Support Healthy and Thriving Communities

We are continuing our full court press to make the case to lawmakers that enacting significant cuts to Medicaid would jeopardize access to care for the more than 72 million people who rely on the program.
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Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

The White House issued Feb. 1 executive orders that impose tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China.
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Tariffs, Trade and the Health Care Supply Chain: What Leaders Need to Know

Tina Freese Decker talks with Brian Pomper about the past and present state of U.S. tariff policy, how tariffs could impact hospital and health system operations, and ways health care leaders can engage as policy advocates.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Tariffs and Health Care with Brian Pomper and Akin Demehin

In this Leadership Dialogue, I am joined by Brian Pomper, a partner specializing in international trade policy at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and Akin Demehin, vice president of quality and safety policy at the AHA. We discuss tariffs and their potential implications on the health care supply chain.
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Hospitals are Always There for Patients and Communities, Including in Times of Disasters and Emergencies

When a natural disaster or emergency strikes, where is one of the first places people turn to? Their local hospital.
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Baxter announces updated IV solutions production timeline

Baxter expects to restart a second IV solutions manufacturing line within the next week, the company announced Nov. 7. Along with the first line that resumed production last week the two lines comprise approximately 50% of the North Cove, N.C., site’s total pre-Hurricane Helene production of IV solutions and about 85% of one-liter solutions production.
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Updates on IV Fluid Supplies After Helene Forces Closure of Baxter Manufacturing Plant

AHA updates information on IV-fluid supplies after Helene forces closure of Baxter manufacturing plant.
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The Critical Need for Resource Conservation Plans in the Face of Disasters

In this conversation, Michael Schiller, executive director of the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), and Michael Ganio, senior director of pharmacy practice and quality with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), discuss the need to create a conservation plan for critical patient supplies that could be threatened by a disaster.
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AHA Letter to President Urges Action to Address IV Solution Supply Shortage as a Result of Helene

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack today sent a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to take immediate actions to increase the supply of IV solutions for hospitals and other health care providers that are struggling with shortages following the closure of a Baxter manufacturing plant as a result of Hurricane Helene.