Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the American Hospital Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
AHA Board Chair Marc Boom, M.D., took the stage July 13 to introduce AHA award winners and a town hall discussion on navigating the 2026 political landscape.
The AHA shares the goal of making healthcare more affordable and accessible. We recently released actionable, achievable strategies that will help drive care transformation and make care more affordable.
The AHA provided a statement (LINK) June 30 to the House Ways and Means Committee in advance of a markup July 1 where the committee will consider legislation that would add reporting requirements for hospitals’ Schedule H IRS forms.
Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, yesterday introduced a House version of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization Act, a bill that would extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration for five years.
The AHA May 7 wrote to House and Senate lawmakers in support of the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (H.R. 8375/S.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has opened registration for its seventh annual CMS & Health Level Seven International Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Connectathon from July 14-16.
Marc Boom, M.D., is joined by Stacey Hughes, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy, to talk about the important role that advocacy plays in advancing health care, what’s happening in Washington, and how hospital and health system leaders can support this work.
At the AHA’s 2026 Annual Membership Meeting, more than 1,000 hospital and health system leaders came to Washington, D.C., united by a shared responsibility: to ensure every community has access to high‑quality, affordable care.
The House Committee on Ways and Means, on April 28 at 10 a.m. ET, will host a hearing during which hospital and health system leaders are expected to testify on
health care affordability.
The AHA is providing attendees of its Annual Membership Meeting with health care advocacy priorities to use when meeting with lawmakers.