Workforce Links and Resources

Please contact your representatives and senators today and urge them to include a number of policies that support America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future.

It is imperative that Congress invest in America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future. The AHA supports investments in infrastructure, such as the health care workforce, behavioral health, the accessibility and affordability of health care coverage, emergency preparedness and the health care supply chain, telehealth and cybersecurity, among other areas.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) would like to share hospital and health system priorities that would benefit patients and communities around the country that we would like to see included in the upcoming budget reconciliation legislation.

This Legal Advisory provides in-depth analysis of the DOJ’s and FTC’s policies and insights on how the hospital sector should respond and reduce their risks of prosecutions of no-poach agreements.

AHA statement on FY 2022 final IPPS rule from Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) Board of Trustees today adopted a policy statement on the vaccination of health care workers. The statement supports hospitals and health systems that adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies, with local factors and circumstances shaping whether and how these policies are implemented.

The AHA Board of Trustees today approved a policy statement that strongly urges the vaccination of all health care personnel. The AHA also supports hospitals and health systems that adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies, with local factors and circumstances shaping whether and how mandatory policies are implemented.

The AHA urges the State Department to give registered nurses seeking immigrant visas priority for processing to solve the backlog of immigrant visas for eligible foreign-trained nurses.

In a letter to Representatives Bradley Schneider,  David McKinley and Annie Kuster, the AHA expresses support for bipartisan legislation, the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act,.

In a letter to Senators Margaret Wood Hassan and Susan Collins, the AHA expresses support for bipartisan legislation, the Opioid Workforce Act of 2021 (S. 1438).

AHA supports bipartisan legislation to ease hospital staff shortages. AHA today voiced support for the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 2255/S. 1024), bipartisan legislation that would expedite the visa authorization process for qualified international nurses to support hospitals facing staffing shortages.

The AHA shares with Senate and House leaders the association’s recommendations for infrastructure investments that should be included in an upcoming legislative package to ensure hospitals and health systems are fully equipped to care for their communities now and into the future, as well as respond to any future public health emergency.

President Biden in January issued an Executive Order on “Protecting Worker Health and Safety” requiring the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider whether an “emergency temporary standard” (ETS) is necessary to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and if so, to issue it by March 15.

This press release unveils AHE's first interactive competency model tool for health care EVS professionals.

The House of Representatives March 9 adopted the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021 (H.R. 842). A virtually identical bill is pending in the Senate (S. 420). If adopted by the Senate and signed by President Biden, the PRO Act would make sweeping changes to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and other labor laws in the United States, including in ways that could have a significant adverse impact on hospitals and health systems as employers.

The House of Representatives early this morning voted 219-212 to approve a modified version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, legislation to provide reconciliation protection for a roughly $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which includes a number of provisions that affect hospitals and health systems.

The front-line caregivers in the COVID-19 crisis, including nurses, physicians, facilities management personnel, technicians and other health care providers, are working around the clock to care for patients and our communities.

AHA announces realignment to strengthen focus on health equity and workforce strategies.

AHA letter that outlines initial policy priorities for Biden Administration first 100 days.

The AHA urge Congressional leaders to support the bipartisan Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 6788/S.3599), and include it in forthcoming COVID-19 relief legislation