Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the American Hospital Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
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The AHA Oct. 20 expressed support for the Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act (S. 1974), bipartisan legislation designed to improve data collection on hospital capacity and ED boarding.
AHA leaders this week are participating in the International Hospital Federation’s 2026 World Hospital Congress in Seoul, South Korea.
The AHA provided recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration Oct. 19 on potential regulatory frameworks for generative artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices.
An executive order issued by the White House today directs the Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health, to establish a Women’s Health Division. The new division will focus on conditions that uniquely or disproportionately affect women.
As campaigning ramps up before Election Day on Nov. 3, members of Congress have left Washington, D.C., and are working in their home districts.
The AHA provided comments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Oct. 2 on a discussion from the commission’s September meeting on its examination of differences in post-acute care use between beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service Medicare.
The AHA, the New Hampshire Hospital Association and 340B Health have filed an amicus brief supporting Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital’s request for a preliminary injunction against Eli Lilly’s new 340B claims data policy.
The House Sept. 1 voted 370-48 to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through Dec. 11, 2026, and avoid a government shutdown. The Senate Aug. 8 passed the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2027 (H.R. 6500) by a vote of 90-6.
AHA, Health organization urge congressional leaders to enact the Saving Today's Acute Care Resources (STAR) Act (H.R. 9468) without delay.