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Patient Safety Awareness Week March 10-16, 2024
AHA supports and celebrates the hospitals and health systems that prioritize patient safety every day of every week. Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 10-16 and allows an opportunity to raise awareness about patient safety, celebrate successes and share resources.
AHA Statement Before the House Committee on Ways and Means - March 6, 2024
AHA shares the hospital field’s comments on proposed regulations for minimum staffing standards for LTC facilities and their potential impact on access to care.
Key Issues for Nurses
Issue Landing Page
As a nurse leader, you face many challenges. What you may not be aware of are the myriad legislative issues affecting the nursing profession as a whole.
Empowering Nurse Leaders to Vote
Nurses’ voices carry immense weight. It is critical those voices are heard loud and clear in local, state and federal elections.
CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 1 issued a proposed rule regarding staffing requirements for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS estimates that about 75% of nursing homes would have to increase staffing in their facilities under the proposed standards, which exceed those existing in nearly all states.
AHA House Testimony on VHA Recruitment and Retention: Is Bureaucracy Holding Back a Quality Workforce?
Testimony
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American Hospital Association
AHA Comments on the RFI on the Drivers of Health Care Workforce Shortages and Solutions
AHA responds to the RFI on the drivers of health care workforce shortages and solutions.
Resources for Advocates
Advocacy
Refresh your knowledge on the basics of the legislative process. Find out the basics of how a bill becomes a law to the current congressional nursing caucus members.
AHA Expresses Concern about Potential Impact of H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022
AHA expresses concern about the potential impact of H.R. 3648, the Equal
Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2022