During the July 17 Leadership Summit afternoon plenary session, RealClearPolitics Associate Editor and Columnist A.B. Stoddard moderated a panel with AHA leaders, including Stacey Hughes, executive vice president of government relations and public policy; Ashley Thompson, senior vice president of public policy analysis and development; and Chad Golder, senior vice president and deputy general counsel. They discussed health care issues that Congress is considering, including legislation on workforce, transparency and site-neutral payment. They also discussed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed remedy for its unlawful 340B payment cuts from 2018 to 2022 and the political landscape for the 2024 presidential election.

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The AHA April 23 released a blog responding to a report issued April 22 by Paragon Health Institute. The blog highlights how the report relies on a long list…
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What does it take to turn a nursing shortage into a workforce pipeline? In this conversation, Denzil Ross, president of Indiana University Health South Region…
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President Trump April 16 announced that Erica Schwartz, M.D., has been nominated for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Schwartz…
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The AHA will host a webinar April 16 at 1 p.m. ET featuring leaders from CHRISTUS Health and The Urology Group to share how nurse-first triage and smarter…
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Flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates among all health care workers for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season was 76.3% and 40.2%, respectively, according to a…
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An article in the current edition of AHA Trustee Insights highlights how health care professionals across America’s hospitals and health systems — physicians,…