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AHA urges Senate committee to support federal programs promoting workforce diversity, maternal health
Mounting pressures on the health care workforce have created a crisis with short-term staffing shortages and a long-range picture of an unfulfilled talent pipeline, and significant projected shortages of physicians and allied health and behavioral health care providers will likely be felt even more strongly in underserved communities, AHA told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing May 2.
House subcommittee holds hearing on Medicaid access, program integrity
AHA submitted a statement to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for a hearing April 30 on proposed legislation to address Medicaid access and program integrity.
Working Together to Advance Health and Build a Better Future
Stand up. Speak out. Be heard. The stakes for the future of health care are too high to do anything less.
Reps. Wenstrup, Bucshon and Kildee talk current state of Congress, look back on congressional careers
Three retiring members of Congress — Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., and Dan Kildee, D-Mich. — engaged in a genial conversation that covered the current state of Congress, as well as what they view as the major issues and possible solutions facing health care.
House passes HHS appropriations bill
This week, the House voted 219-208 to approve legislation that would provide $119.8 billion in funding for the department of Health and Human Services in fiscal year 2022
House committee passes bill with increases for nursing research, maternal health
The House Appropriations Committee this week voted 33-25 to approve legislation providing $253.8 billion for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education in fiscal year 2022, a 28% increase over the prior fiscal year.
Senate hearing considers U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee this week hosted a hearing to review the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2021.
NCC supports Momnibus Act
The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) wrote to the co-sponsors of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 (H.R. 959/S. 346) to reiterate the coalition’s support for the legislation.
Senator Durbin: Hospitals’ stories needed to drive meaningful change
As hospital leaders prepared to meet with their lawmakers on April 16 following the conclusion of the AHA's 2024 Annual Meeting, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., urged hospitals to speak up about the challenges and realities they face, particularly as they contend with crippling workforce shortages nationwide.
Health care leaders discuss ways to effectively engage legislators
It's always important to bring the issue back to the patient, said Sarah Lechner, senior vice president and chief of external affairs for Hackensack Meridian Health, during a Q&A about building relationships with elected officials when advocating for hospitals and health systems at AHA's 2024 Annual Meeting April 14-16.