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AHA Requests Additional HHS Actions to Help Providers Respond to COVID-19

AHA asks the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider additional actions to temporarily suspend certain requirements in order for health care providers to better respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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AHA, AMA, ANA Comments to Congress Re: Economic Stimulus Package

As Congress considers developing an economic stimulus package, the AHA, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association urge congressional leaders to include at least $1 billion to ensure that hospitals, health systems, physicians and nurses are viable and “directly supported” for preparedness and response. The organizations also urge that supplemental funding not be offset by cutting other health programs,

Chair File: Responding to COVID-19 – Caring for Patients and Communities

As our nation’s strategy to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, hospitals and health systems remain on the front lines of this outbreak. 

Coronavirus Update: Trump Declares National Emergency and Other News

As urged by the AHA and other health groups, President Trump today declared a national emergency in response to the COVI-19 outbreak.
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AHA statement on declaration of COVID-19 national emergency

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the COVID-19 national emergency declaration.

Perspective: You’re on the Front Lines of Coronavirus and We Have Your Back

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides perspective on the state of hospital preparedness in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Coronavirus Update: House Legislation, Disaster Declaration Letter

The AHA, American Nurses Association and American Medical Association today urged the president to declare the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a disaster or emergency under the Stafford Act or the National Emergencies Act. 
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Hospitals, Nurses and Physicians Call for National Emergency Declaration

The American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Nurses Association(ANA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) asks the President to declare the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a disaster or emergency under the Stafford Act or the National Emergencies Act.

CDC updates guidance for COVID-19 testing, health care personnel

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for evaluating and testing patients for novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and for assessing and managing health care personnel with potential exposure to patients with the virus.  

Coronavirus Update: Hospital Leaders at White House and CMS Guidance

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and hospital and health system leaders met with top Administration officials at the White House to discuss the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Internal Revenue Service have released a number of new information resources related to COVID-19.