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The blue and white “H” symbol is a beacon of healing, hope and health in every community nationwide.</p> <p>Despite this steadfast commitment, hospitals and health systems face formidable challenges. They continue to grapple with significant workforce shortages, escalating costs of care, inadequate government reimbursement and a heavy regulatory burden.</p> <p>In 2025, the şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association (AHA) will engage with Congress, the Administration, regulatory bodies and the judiciary to shape public policy to advance hospitals’ efforts to provide quality patient care. The AHA also will focus on ensuring the long-term viability of hospitals to serve their communities and promote health and wellness.</p> <p>By addressing these challenges head-on, the AHA supports hospitals and health systems in their crucial role of caring for patients and advancing health, ensuring that the promise of the “H” symbol remains strong and reliable.</p> <p>Our 2025 Advocacy Agenda is focused on:</p> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensuring Access to Care</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Strengthening the Health Care Workforce</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advancing Quality and Health Care System Resiliency</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Leading Innovation in Care Delivery</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Reducing Health Care System Costs for Patient Care</strong></li> </ul> <p>The following includes a detailed list of our advocacy priorities and key highlights. Please explore this page and the Advocacy link in our website navigation for more resources and information on the priorities in this document and our latest advocacy campaigns.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="external-link spacer"><strong><strong><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/AHA-2025-Advocacy-Agenda-20250114.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the AHA 2025 Advocacy Agenda PDF.">Download the 2025 Advocacy Agenda PDF</a></strong></strong></div> <p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/AHA-2025-Advocacy-Agenda-20250114.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the AHA 2025 Advocacy Agenda PDF."><img alt="şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association 2025 Advocacy Agenda cover." src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/Page-1-AHA-2025-Advocacy-Agenda-20250114.png"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <h2><span>Detailed Advocacy Agenda</span></h2> <div class="col-md-12 cc_tabs"> /* reset */ .cc_tabs ul.a-container { 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Care</div> <div class="tabcontent" id="highlights"> <ul class="a-container"> <li class="a-items"> Highlights <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits</strong> to ensure millions of Americans can continue to access health insurance and prevent hospitals from shouldering an even greater financial burden.</li> <li class="diamond">Ensure essential health care services are available in all communities by <strong>safeguarding federal funding for Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Reject additional payment cuts</strong> that do not recognize legitimate differences among provider settings (<strong>so-called site-neutral or facility-fee payment policies</strong>).</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program</strong> to ensure hospitals can maintain vital patient services and expand access to care.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensure Medicaid is fully funded</strong> to allow hospitals to continue to serve the Medicaid, uninsured and marginalized populations in their communities, including through support of the current FMAP rates, the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program, Upper Payment Limits and Directed Payments, and the financing sources that sustain them.</li> <li class="diamond">Bolster support for hospitals and health systems so they can <strong>prepare for and respond to natural and man-made disruptions, including natural disasters, cyberattacks and supply chain failures.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Hold commercial health insurers accountable</strong> for ensuring appropriate patient access to care, including reducing the excessive use of utilization management programs, ensuring adequate provider networks, reducing account receivables and limiting inappropriate denials for services.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Bolster the health care workforce</strong> by enacting important protections against violence in health care settings, eliminating federal restrictions that limit the ability of providers to practice at the top of their license, and increasing funding for clinical training programs.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Enact regulatory and administrative relief</strong> from burdensome policies that take caregivers away from providing patient care and increase costs for patients and the health care system.</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tabcontent" id="accesstocare"> <ul class="a-container"> <li class="a-items"> Financial Stability of the Health Care System <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond">Ensure essential health care services are available in all communities by <strong>safeguarding federal funding for Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.</strong> Government programs currently reimburse providers significantly less than the cost of delivering care.</li> <li class="diamond">Ensure patient access to critical care and other outpatient services by <strong>rejecting additional payment cuts</strong> that do not recognize legitimate differences among provider settings (also known as so-called site-neutral or facility-fee payment policies) and policies that restrict patient access to certain sites of care (also known as site-of-service policies).</li> <li class="diamond">Preserve the gains in health coverage made over the past decade, including by <strong>extending the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits</strong> for coverage through the health insurance marketplaces.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program</strong> to ensure hospitals can maintain vital patient services and expand access to care by reversing harmful policies and holding drug manufacturers accountable to the program rules, <strong>especially community pharmacy arrangements.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensure Medicaid is fully funded</strong> to allow hospitals to continue to serve the Medicaid, uninsured and underserved populations in their communities, including through support of the current FMAP rates, the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program, Upper Payment Limits and Directed Payments, and the financing sources that sustain them.</li> <li class="diamond">Pursue a new <strong>“metropolitan anchor hospital”</strong> designation for certain hospitals that provide critical health care services to marginalized and underrepresented communities.</li> <li class="diamond">Ensure the <strong>Federal Emergency Management Agency follows through on its commitment to reimburse hospitals</strong> appropriately and timely for the resources they provide during public health emergencies and other disasters.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Mitigate Medicare payment reductions to ensure patient access to physicians.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Rein in rising drug costs</strong> by taking steps to increase drug manufacturer competition, improve drug pricing transparency and hold pharmacy benefit managers accountable for illegal practices that increase costs and reduce coverage for patients and providers.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Enact regulatory and administrative relief</strong> from burdensome policies that take caregivers away from providing patient care and increase costs for patients and the health care system.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Protect not-for-profit hospitals’ tax-exempt</strong> status so they can continue providing community benefits tailored to their communities’ unique needs, demographics and policy realities.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Protect access to clinical laboratory services in hospital-based laboratories.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Protect access to care by <strong>preserving the existing ban on the growth and expansion of physician-owned hospitals.</strong></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Coverage and Access <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensure access to care for veterans</strong> by working with the Department of Veterans Affairs as it implements the next generation of comprehensive community care for veterans.</li> <li class="diamond">Support policy and federal oversight changes to <strong>ensure the appropriate use of donated organs in time for a successful transplant</strong>, the ability to effectively use new strategies for harvesting and preserving organs until donated and coordinated, and rational regulation of transplant centers, donor hospitals and organ procurement organizations.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Rural Hospitals <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond">Protect rural communities’ access to care by <strong>making permanent critical programs, including the Medicare-dependent Hospital designation, Low-volume Adjustment and ambulance add-on payment.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Improve rural health programs by <strong>reopening the necessary provider designation for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), reversing cuts to Rural Health Clinic payments, removing the 96-hour condition of payment for CAHs and further strengthening Medicare-dependent and Sole Community Hospitals</strong> by allowing participating hospitals to choose from an additional base year when calculating payments.</li> <li class="diamond">Advance rural health care alternatives to ensure care delivery and financing by <strong>supporting and refining the Rural Emergency Hospital model.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Continue to support legislation that would <strong>place a floor on the area wage index, effectively raising it for hospitals below that threshold with new money.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Support Medicare Advantage payment parity for CAHs</strong> to ensure the long-term health of providers and facilities that care for patients in rural areas, considering the volume of Medicare Advantage enrollment in those communities.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Post-Acute Care <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Bolster patient access to post-acute care by establishing appropriate network adequacy requirements</strong> for long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Eliminate the proposed minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing and long-term care facilities</strong> and instead press for long-term solutions to health care workforce shortages.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Provide stability under the long-term care hospital prospective payment system</strong> through legislative and regulatory reforms that provide adequate reimbursement for high-cost patients and those with high acuity levels.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensure Medicare Advantage beneficiaries have access to the same post-acute care benefits as Traditional Medicare beneficiaries</strong> by holding plans accountable through robust oversight and enforcement.</li> <li class="diamond">Reduce administrative burden for post-acute care providers by <strong>eliminating unnecessary data reporting requirements.</strong></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Behavioral Health <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Implement policies to better integrate and coordinate behavioral health services with physical health services</strong>, including developing alternative payment models and bundled payments that incorporate behavioral and physical health services and financially supporting the implementation of team-based care models.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Eliminate Medicare’s 90-day lifetime limit for inpatient psychiatric admissions.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Repeal the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Disease exclusion</strong>, which prohibits the use of federal Medicaid funds to cover inpatient mental health services for patients aged 21 to 64 in certain freestanding psychiatric facilities.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Reauthorize key programs in the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act</strong>, which would extend expiring payments, grants and other programs for substance use disorder treatment and prevention.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Increase targeted funding for facilities that provide specialty mental health services</strong> (including pediatric, geriatric and multi-substance use disorders) and <strong>invest in the behavioral health workforce</strong> by creating dedicated Medicare-funded graduate medical education slots for these specialties.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Make permanent the Certified Community Behavioral Health Center demonstration program.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Eliminate or amend outdated and unnecessary Conditions of Participation for psychiatric facilities</strong> related to emergency care and treatment planning documentation.</li> <li class="diamond">Strengthen enforcement through significant <strong>penalties for health plans that violate the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and subsequent rules.</strong></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Commercial Insurer Accountability <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Hold commercial health insurers accountable for ensuring appropriate patient access to care</strong>, including by reducing the excessive use of prior authorization, ensuring adequate provider networks, limiting inappropriate denials for services that should be covered and prohibiting certain specialty pharmacy policies, like insurer-mandated “white bagging,” that create patient safety risks and limit patient access to certain medications in hospital settings.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensure stronger enforcement of federal rules related to Medicare Advantage</strong> through increased oversight and insurer scrutiny.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Increase oversight and accountability of commercial health plans through increased data collection, reporting and transparency</strong> on core plan performance metrics that are meaningful indicators of patient access, such as appeals, denials and grievances, and reporting on using algorithms and artificial intelligence in utilization management programs.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Establish a prompt payment standard for Medicare Advantage</strong> to ensure timely claims payment.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Apply guardrails to insurer algorithms and artificial intelligence use</strong> to ensure these tools do not inappropriately create barriers for patients to access medical care.</li> <li class="diamond">Ensure patients can rely on their coverage by <strong>disallowing health plans from inappropriately delaying and denying care</strong>, including by making unilateral mid-year coverage changes.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Prevent improper insurer manipulation of oversight tools</strong> designed to ensure premium dollars are spent on patient care (e.g., medical loss ratio requirements).</li> <li class="diamond">Advocate for regulatory and legislative solutions to <strong>prevent health plans from enacting inappropriate fees for electronic payments.</strong></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tabcontent" id="workforce"> <ul class="a-container"> <li class="a-items"> Workforce Shortages <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Address physician shortages</strong>, including shortages of behavioral health providers, by increasing the number of residency slots eligible for Medicare funding while rejecting cuts to Medicare graduate medical education.</li> <li class="diamond">Encourage the <strong>continuation of visa waivers for physicians in medically underserved areas and recapture of unused employment visas for doctors and nurses.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Address nursing shortages by <strong>reauthorizing nursing workforce development programs</strong> to support recruitment, retention and advanced education for nurses and other allied health professionals and investing in nursing schools, nurse faculty salaries and hospital training time.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Reduce administrative burdens that take clinicians away from the bedside and contribute to burnout</strong>, such as excessive and unnecessary prior authorization use and inappropriate coverage denials that require substantive clerical rework by staff.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Support apprenticeship programs for nursing assistants and other critical support staff positions.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Adopt policies to expand loan repayment and other incentive-based programs to retain existing talent and attract new talent</strong>, including through continued funding of the National Health Service Corps and National Nurse Corps.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Workforce Safety <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Strengthen workplace safety by enacting federal protections for health care workers against violence and intimidation</strong> and providing hospitals with grant funding for education and training programs, coordination efforts with state and local law enforcement, and physical plant improvements.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Reject additional federal workplace violence regulations that would be duplicative of the rigorous accreditation requirements hospitals already face</strong> and that would add administrative burden.</li> <li class="diamond">Protect health care workers from threats against them in their homes by <strong>permanently removing the requirement that practitioners rendering telehealth services from their homes report their home addresses on Medicare enrollment or claims forms.</strong></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Licensure Standards <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond">Support efforts to <strong>allow non-physicians to practice at the top of their licenses.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Allow non-physician licensed practitioners to provide and be paid for certain clinical services, including behavioral health services, by <strong>expediting licensure processes, allowing for general rather than direct supervision and removing unnecessary practice restrictions as clinically appropriate.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Promote medical licensure reciprocity to allow practitioners to work across state lines.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Remove unnecessary and stigmatizing language around mental health from licensure and credentialing processes.</strong></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tabcontent" id="quality"> <ul class="a-container"> <li class="a-items"> Quality <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advocate for streamlined Conditions of Participation</strong> and other regulatory standards that promote safe, high-quality care without increasing administrative burden.</li> <li class="diamond">Pursue strategies and support public policies aimed at <strong>improving maternal and child health access and outcomes.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Enhance the effectiveness and lower the burden of the Physician Quality Payment Program</strong> by advocating for more accurate and meaningful cost measures and appropriately pacing the implementation of new program approaches, such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways.</li> <li class="diamond">Promote approaches to <strong>account for health-related social needs in quality measurement and value programs where appropriate</strong> to ensure appropriate performance comparisons and payment adjustments.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advocate for measures that matter in advancing quality and patient safety</strong> and that help hospitals and health systems identify important opportunities to ensure all patients achieve the best possible outcomes for their conditions. Work to ensure federal, state, and payer performance assessments use these same measures in order to reduce measurement burden.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advocate to discontinue measures</strong> that either fail to provide meaningful, credible information to advance patient quality or safety or have administrative burdens that outweigh their value to improving care.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Promote meaningful changes</strong> in federal funding of research to improve the delivery of safe, effective care, the efficiency of care, the effective use of care teams, and the leadership and governance processes most likely to yield improvements in patient outcomes and experience of care.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Resiliency and Preparedness <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advocate for increased annual appropriations for the Hospital Preparedness Program</strong> to ensure that the health care infrastructure is ready to respond to crises. Continue efforts to ensure that most of this funding is awarded to hospitals and health systems to enhance emergency preparedness and surge capacity.</li> <li class="diamond">Support federal incentives and investments to improve <strong>hospitals’ disaster preparedness and operational resiliency.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Prevent and address shortages of critical medical drugs, devices, blood and blood products, and supplies, including working with Congress and the federal government to bring about policy changes that will <strong>avert future shortages by strengthening the medical supply chain.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advance policies that assist in protecting health care services, data and patients from cyberattacks</strong> while supporting efforts to deliver broader gains in computer security by shifting the burden of cybersecurity away from individual health systems.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Continue to support federal incentives and investments to improve the security posture of hospitals and health systems</strong>, including regulatory relief for hospitals and health systems that suffer a cyberattack despite having recognized cybersecurity practices in place, and push back on any new cybersecurity regulation not inclusive of the entire health sector.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advocate for increased accountability of third-party technology vendors in HIPAA.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Support regulation of artificial intelligence that enables continued innovation while providing reasonable guardrails</strong> to ensure patient safety and improved outcomes for all patients.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Support clear minimum privacy standards in HIPAA</strong> that account for how data is used, shared and created in hospitals and health systems.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Support the continued development of clinician burden reduction technologies</strong> to help caregivers reduce administrative requirements to spend more time on direct patient care.</li> <li class="diamond">Advocate for the adoption of a <strong>universal patient identification number</strong> to support patient safety efforts.</li> <li class="diamond">Continue to support federal investments in <strong>improving broadband infrastructure</strong>, especially in rural and underserved areas of the country.</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tabcontent" id="innovation"> <ul class="a-container"> <li class="a-items"> Leading Innovation in Care Delivery <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Support the move to value-based care</strong>, with a particular focus on solutions for the longterm financial viability of hospitals and health systems by offering some level of predictable, up-front payment.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Advocate for incentive payments</strong> to support hospitals and health systems’ transition to taking on higher levels of risk.</li> <li class="diamond">Advocate for implementing <strong>new voluntary payment models</strong> so hospitals are not forced to bear the expense of participation in these complicated programs if they do not believe it will benefit patients.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Create a permanent CMS hospital-at-home program</strong>, shown to be a safe and innovative approach to caring for patients in the comfort of their homes that leads to high patient satisfaction and, for some patients, results in shorter recovery times.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Remove barriers</strong> to cross-sector and interagency coordination and support investments to provide accountable care.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Make permanent coverage of certain telehealth services</strong> made possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, including lifting geographic and originating site restrictions, allowing Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers to serve as distant sites, expanding practitioners who can provide telehealth and allowing hospital outpatient billing for virtual services, among others.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Implement a special registration process for telemedicine providers</strong> to ensure access to telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances for practitioners who register with the Drug Enforcement Agency. Preserve pandemic-era waivers until the special registration process begins.</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tabcontent" id="reducingcosts"> <ul class="a-container"> <li class="a-items"> Reducing Health Care System Costs for Patient Care <div class="a-content"> <ul class="diamond"> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensure patients do not face financial barriers to care because of unaffordable deductibles or otherwise “skinny coverage,”</strong> such as health sharing ministries and short-term limited-duration coverage products.</li> <li class="diamond">Reduce the prevalence of individuals faced with unaffordable medical bills by <strong>addressing the root causes of medical debt</strong>, such as skyrocketing deductibles and other benefit designs that push costs onto consumers.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Support price transparency efforts by ensuring patients have access to the information they seek when preparing for care</strong>, including cost estimates when appropriate, and creating alignment of federal price transparency requirements to avoid patient confusion and overly burdensome duplication of efforts.</li> <li class="diamond">Advocate that No Surprises Act price transparency regulations leverage existing workflows and appropriate technology to <strong>enable patient access to information without significant administrative burden for providers.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Reduce unnecessary costs in the system by pursuing <strong>medical liability reform.</strong></li> <li class="diamond">Reduce regulatory burden by identifying and advocating for the <strong>repeal of unnecessary and duplicative Conditions of Participation</strong> that increase hospital inefficiency and reduce the time providers can spend caring for their patients.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Mitigate unreasonable proposed changes to the False Claims Act and related enforcement practices.</strong></li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Preserve the ability of hospital and health system clinical laboratories to develop new and innovative diagnostic tests, known as laboratory-developed tests (LDT)</strong>, to address unmet patient needs and improve existing diagnostic tests without imposing burdensome and unnecessary regulatory oversight.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Ensure public policies are aligned across government regulatory bodies</strong> so hospitals are not held to conflicting regulations.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Reduce regulatory barriers to hospitals improving the environment</strong>, such as Medicare Conditions of Participation that lock hospitals into compliance with outdated and less energy-efficient physical plants or deter from efforts to reduce the use of anesthesia gases and inhalers.</li> <li class="diamond"><strong>Prevent the imposition or increase of tariffs on vital medical supplies</strong>, including drugs, devices and raw materials used to manufacture devices and drugs in the U.S., as these will further raise medical services costs and potentially force hospitals to use less effective alternatives that could increase the patient harm risk.</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> function openCity(evt, cityName) { var i, tabcontent, tablinks; tabcontent = document.getElementsByClassName("tabcontent"); for (i = 0; i < tabcontent.length; i++) { tabcontent[i].style.display = "none"; } tablinks = document.getElementsByClassName("tablinks"); for (i = 0; i < tablinks.length; i++) { tablinks[i].className = tablinks[i].className.replace(" active", ""); } document.getElementById(cityName).style.display = "block"; evt.currentTarget.className += " active"; } // Get the element with id="defaultOpen" and click on it document.getElementById("defaultOpen").click(); </div> </div> <div class="container"> <hr> <h3>AHA Advocacy Campaigns</h3> <p>Please visit <a href="/advocacy/action-center">www.aha.org/advocacy/action-center</a> to get involved and learn more about the şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association’s 2025 public policy advocacy agenda.</p> </div> ul.diamond { list-style: none; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 0; } li.diamond { padding-left: 1em; text-indent: 1em; } li.diamond:before { content: "â—†"; color: #9d2235; padding-right: 10px; margin-left: -36px; } .resource-block-header .resource-block-title small { color: black; } </div> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0600 AHA /news/chairpersons-file/2025-01-14-chair-file-video-meet-2025-aha-board-chair-tina-freese-decker <p>From making pizzas to leading an integrated health system, Tina Freese Decker’s career has focused on a connection to people and serving others. She is president and CEO of Corewell Health, a Michigan-based leading integrated health system with more than 60,000 team members providing excellent health care and coverage to millions of people.</p><p>As AHA chair, Tina is committed to ensuring you as members feel heard, listened to and supported through the AHA so we can do what we do best: providing the very best care to our patients and to our communities.</p><p>Watch this video to learn more about Tina and how the AHA is all in for 2025 as we make health better, together.</p><hr><p></p> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:46:42 -0600 AHA /ahas-2025-2027-strategic-plan <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h2 class="body-h2"><span>A Message on AHA’s 2025-2027 Strategic Plan</span></h2><p class="body-paragraph">Thank you for sharing what matters most to you throughout 2024. We gathered feedback from more than 1,000 hospital and health system leaders, including members of AHA’s Regional Policy Boards and Committees, State, Regional and Metropolitan Hospital Associations, and other key membership groups.</p><p class="body-paragraph">The result is our 2025-2027 Strategic Plan, which the AHA Board of Trustees approved in November. This plan will help you tackle the top issues of today and propel us to a future where all individuals reach their highest potential for health.</p><p class="body-paragraph">The plan is rooted in four core disciplines — advocacy and representation, thought leadership, knowledge exchange and agents of change — which define AHA’s approach to providing value to members and advancing our field’s goals. It also includes nine principles that serve as the foundation for what we believe the health care system should be and strategies to help us make progress on our mission of advancing health in America.</p><p class="body-paragraph">While we know our health care system faces a number of significant challenges, we also know that we have many opportunities to build a healthier future for our patients and communities. The AHA is proud to support our nation’s hospitals and health systems as you provide 24/7 life-saving care to all patients and lead innovative efforts to advance well-being.</p><p class="body-paragraph">We encourage you to review the details — and related resources available on our webpage — and use them within your own organization as together we chart the course for the future.</p><p class="body-paragraph">You are central to our national health and health care. The AHA is incredibly proud to represent and serve you. We look forward to working together this year and in the future as we continue to advance health in America.</p><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><p><strong>Tina Freese Decker</strong><br>AHA Board Chair</p></div><div class="col-sm-6"><p><strong>Rick Pollack</strong><br>AHA President and CEO</p></div></div><hr></div><div class="col-md-4"> img.STMaxwidth { width:100%; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 360px; } <p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/2025-AHA-Strategic-Plan-20250106.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association 2025-2027 Strategic Plan PDF."><img class="STMaxwidth" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Page-1-2025-2027-AHA-Strategic-Plan-20250106.png" data-entity-uuid="f6ad3ba7-22d6-4b37-b12d-e1b205477bab" data-entity-type="file" alt="şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association 2025-2027 Strategic Plan page 1." width="695" height="900"></a></p><div class="external-link spacer"><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/01/2025-AHA-Strategic-Plan-20250106.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association 2025-2027 Strategic Plan PDF.">Download the AHA 2025-2027 Strategic Plan PDF</a></div></div></div></div> p.body-paragraph { font-size: 16px; margin: 0 0 10px; } h2.body-h2 { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0600 AHA <div class="container"> <div data-entity-type="block_content" data-entity-uuid="deba7937-addc-47bc-ac9a-2de3c1493f53" data-embed-button="block_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:block_content.full" class="align-center embedded-entity tableau-embed" data-langcode="en"> </div> </div> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:40:00 -0600 AHA /legal-documents/2024-11-06-american-hospital-association-2023-irs-form-990 <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h2 class="text-align-left">Public Disclosure Copy</h2><h3 class="text-align-left">şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association IRS Form 990</h3><div class="external-link spacer"><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2024/11/2023-AHA-Form-990-Public-Disclosure-Copy.pdf" target="_blank" title="şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association 2023 IRS Form 990 Public Disclosure Copy PDF">Download the Complete AHA 2023 IRS Form 990</a></div></div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="panel module-typeC"><div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel-title">AHA IRS Form 990 from Previous Year</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><ul><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/11/American-Hospital-Association-2022-IRS-Form-990.pdf">2022</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><p> </p></div></div></div> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:00:00 -0600 AHA /education-events/2025-aha-annual-membership-meeting <p><strong>Don’t miss your chance to influence policy and advocate for patients, caregivers, and communities. AHA’s Annual Membership Meeting is the nation’s leading conference for hospital and health system leaders advancing health in America.</strong></p><p>Join us in the nation’s capital May 4-6, 2025, for insightful conversations with policymakers, legislators, and thought leaders on the most pressing issues facing our field. You’ll connect with the decision makers who create, shape, and implement health care policy and influence the political landscape. With a focus on AHA’s key advocacy priorities, these three days of programming will give you what you need to make your voice heard on the Hill.</p><p><strong>Who Will Be There?</strong></p><p>More than 1,000 hospital and health system leaders will gather to discuss advocacy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the nation’s hospitals, patients, and communities, including:</p><ul><li>Presidents, CEOs, Administrators</li><li>C-suite Executives, Senior VPs, VPs</li><li>State, Regional, Metro Hospital Association Executives and Staff</li><li>Government Relations Staff</li><li>Governing Board Members, Trustees</li></ul><p><strong>Registration opens January 2025!</strong></p><p>Health Care Provider, AHA Organizational Member </p><ul><li>Early Bird Rate! Register by March 3, 2025: $795</li><li>Regular Rate: $895</li></ul><p>Health Care Provider, Non-Member of the AHA: $1,500<br>Associations and Health Care Groups: $1,500</p><p>Solution Providers:  Only <a href="https://sponsors.aha.org/HFC-Sponsor-16646-Annual-Meeting-2025_HFC-Sponsor-Annual-Meeting-2025.html" target="_blank">Sponsors</a> and <a href="https://sponsor.aha.org/associate-program" target="_blank">AHA Associates</a> can participate in the AHA Annual Membership Meeting. </p> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:19:00 -0600 AHA /other-resources/2024-09-06-how-delete-your-my-aha-connect-app-user-account <p>To delete your My AHA Connect App, please email <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:ahahelp@aha.org?subject=Request to Delete My Single Sign-On User Account" id="mailto:ahahelp@aha.org">ahahelp@aha.org</a> and request the deletion of your user single sign-on account, or complete the <a href="https://aha-pmg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" target="_blank" title="AHA Help Desk Submit a Request form">Submit a Request form</a> on the AHA Help Center requesting the deletion of your single sign-on account.</p><p><strong>Please note: Deleting your single sign-on user account means you will no longer have access to the My AHA Connect app, you will no longer have access to member-only content on aha.org, and you will no longer receive any emails from AHA or its business units.</strong> Alternatively, you can turn off app notifications or uninstall the app from your phone or other mobile device instead of deleting your AHA single sign-on account.</p><p>For information on AHA's data retention policies, please see our <a href="/2022-07-14-privacy-policy" title="AHA Privacy Policy">Privacy Policy</a>.</p> Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:34:11 -0500 AHA /aha-online-store-publications-frequently-asked-questions <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"> h2 { color:#9D2235; } h4 { color: #003087; } <h2>Contents</h2><ol><li><a href="#orderproducts">Order Products</a></li><li><a href="#payments">Payments</a></li><li><a href="#taxandtaxexemption">Tax and Tax Exemption</a></li><li><a href="#memberprice">Member Price</a></li><li><a href="#quantitydiscounts">Quantity Discounts</a></li><li><a href="#shipping">Shipping</a></li><li><a href="#internationalorders">International Orders</a></li><li><a href="#pdfandebookproducts">PDF and eBook Products</a></li><li><a href="#returnpolicy">Return Policy</a></li></ol><h2 id="orderproducts">Order Products</h2><h3>How can I place a publication order?</h3><p>You can order online, by phone, mail, or fax. When ordering by phone, please reference the publications item # or title. When ordering by fax please download and complete the <a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/08/AHA-Print-Publication-Order-Form-20240830.pdf">AHA Print Publication Order Form</a>.</p><p>Due to Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulations, no credit card orders may be emailed.</p><p><strong>Online:</strong> <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?Site=AHA&WebCode=StoreMainPage&AHABU=AHA&utm_source=website-faq&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=ecommerce-2025" target="_blank" title="AHA Online Store">www.ahaonlinestore.com</a><br><strong>Phone:</strong> <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> (8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT)<br><strong>International phone:</strong> <a href="tel:1-240-547-2205">240-547-2205</a><br><strong>Fax:</strong> <a href="tel:1-240-547-0009">240-547-0009</a><br><strong>International fax:</strong> <a href="tel:1-240-547-0009">240-547-0009</a><br><strong>Mail:</strong><br>şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association – Bright Key<br>75 Remittance Drive, Dept. 91656<br>Chicago, IL 60675-1656</p><h3>Will I receive a confirmation number for my order?</h3><p>Yes. After submitting your order online you will see a confirmation page with your order number. For phone, fax and mail orders, contact <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> or call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a>. Most orders are processed within 24 hours. Transit time is typically 3-7 business days for UPS ground service depending on the delivery location.</p><h3>How do I check the status of my order?</h3><p>To check the status of your order and/or have shipping tracked please email, <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> or call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a>.</p><h3>Can I reprint my receipt or invoice?</h3><p>Yes, to reprint your receipt or invoice, sign into your account and click on “Order History.”</p><p>Click on “For your order” and a PDF will be displayed.</p><h3>Do I need to create an online account to place an order?</h3><p>Yes. Customers must register/login and provide basic contact information for billing and shipping of orders and pricing details.</p><p>For those who do not wish to create an online account, contact <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> or call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> to place your order.</p><h3>How do I create an online account?</h3><p>Go to the AHA Help Center for <a href="https://aha-pmg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/14408492740891-Creating-an-Account" target="_blank" title="AHA Support Center: Creating an Account">detailed instructions on creating your AHA online account</a>.</p><h3>The publication I would like to purchase is on backorder. What happens next?</h3><p>For information about backorder status, contact <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> or call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a>.</p><h2 id="payments">Payments</h2><h3>What payment methods are accepted?</h3><p>The şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association (AHA) and its affiliates accept American Express, VISA, and MasterCard. For all print products – credit cards, checks, and ACH or wire payments are accepted. All eBook orders must be placed online and must paid by credit card. All fees are calculated and paid U.S. currency.</p><h3>Are purchase orders accepted?</h3><p>Purchase orders are accepted in limited situations, unless there is a wholesaler agreement in place. Printed and signed purchase orders require approval before processing. To confirm your wholesaler agreement, email <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> a scanned copy of the signed agreement or fax to <a href="tel:1-240-547-0009">240-547-0009</a>. Verbal purchase orders are not accepted.</p><h3>Can I mail a check payment for book orders?</h3><p>Orders can be paid with a check (USD) by completing and mailing the <a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/08/AHA-Print-Publication-Order-Form-20240830.pdf">AHA Print Publication Order Form</a> with the check to:</p><p>şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association - Bright Key<br>75 Remittance Drive, Dept. 91656<br>Chicago, IL 60675-1656</p><h3>I placed my order, but my credit card has not been charged yet. When will my credit card be charged?</h3><p>Credit card payments are not processed until the items have shipped.</p><h2 id="taxandtaxexemption">Tax and Tax Exemption</h2><h3>What states are charged for tax?</h3><p>All orders shipped to these states are charged applicable tax: AL, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX.</p><h3>My organization is tax exempt. How do I receive this exemption?</h3><h4>Online Orders</h4><p>Online orders are not exempt from sales tax. If you are an individual placing an order on behalf of an organization, be advised we no longer process tax refunds for orders entered through the online store. Please call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> or email <a href="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> to place a tax-exempt order.</p><h4>Phone Orders</h4><p>Please call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> to place your order. A service representative will ask you to email or fax your tax-exempt certificate. Once received, they will complete your order without the tax amount.</p><h4>Faxed Orders</h4><p>Please include a copy of your tax-exempt certificate with the <a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/08/AHA-Print-Publication-Order-Form-20240830.pdf">AHA Order Form</a> and fax to <a href="tel:1-240-547-0009">240-547-0009</a>.</p><h4>Mail Orders</h4><p>Complete the <a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/08/AHA-Print-Publication-Order-Form-20240830.pdf">AHA Order Form</a> and include a copy of your organization’s tax-exempt certificate with your check and mail to:</p><p>şÚÁĎŐýÄÜÁż Association - Bright Key<br>75 Remittance Drive, Dept. 91656<br>Chicago, IL 60675-1656</p><h3>Can you ship my tax-exempt order to a home address?</h3><p>A tax-exempt order may not be shipped to a home or personal address. Tax-exempt orders can only be shipped to the organization’s address.</p><h2 id="memberprice">Member Price</h2><p>Discounts on products and services are a valuable benefit of being a member of AHA, affiliate, or Professional Membership Group (PMG). Learn more about the different types of membership at <a href="https://aha-pmg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/14348568186011-How-do-I-know-if-my-hospital-or-health-system-is-an-AHA-member" target="_blank" title="AHA Help Center: How do I know if my hospital or health system is an AHA member?">AHA’s Help Center</a>.</p><p>To receive the discounted member price, you must be logged in and your user account must be linked to a member organization or reflect an individual membership. For more help on logging in and accessing member benefits, visit AHA’s Help Center articles on web access issues.</p><p>Not sure if you or your organization is a member of AHA? Go the the <a href="https://aha-pmg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/14348568186011-How-do-I-know-if-my-hospital-or-health-system-is-an-AHA-member" target="_blank" title="AHA Help Center: How do I know if my hospital or health system is an AHA member?">AHA Help Center</a> for more information.</p><h2 id="quantitydiscounts">Quantity Discounts</h2><h3>If I order multiple copies of one title, is there a discount?</h3><p>Yes, quantity discounts apply when ordering multiple copies of one title. Not all titles are available for quantity discounts. For more information, please call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> or email <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a>.</p><h2 id="shipping">Shipping</h2><h3>What shipping methods are available?</h3><p>All orders ship UPS Ground. Next day and 2nd day service are available Monday - Friday if orders are received in the fulfillment center prior to 12pm Central Time. UPS cannot ship to P.O. Boxes. Please provide a complete street address when ordering and include the company name when using a business address. Orders weighing in excess of 200 pounds will be charged additional freight. </p><p>Please call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> or email <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> for assistance in placing your order.</p><h3>How are shipping costs calculated?</h3><p>Shipping costs are managed by UPS and AHA includes a handling fee to address warehousing, packaging and assorted distribution costs such as weight, distance and rush status. </p><h3>Is express delivery available?</h3><p>Yes, express delivery is available for an additional charge.</p><h2 id="internationalorders">International Orders</h2><h3>How do I place an international order?</h3><p>Please call <a href="mailto:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> or email <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> for assistance in placing your order.</p><h3>How do I pay for an international order?</h3><p>International orders must be prepaid in full by wire transfer, credit card, or check (USD).</p><h3>How are international orders shipped?</h3><p>All books sent outside the U.S. are shipped via United Parcel Service International. Orders are subject to shipping fees, applicable customs, duties and taxes, all of which are the responsibility of the customer. Shipping and handling rates for international orders will be calculated based on weight.</p><h3>Order Tracking Details</h3><p>If you ordered a print product and want shipping and tracking information, please contact <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> or call 800-242-4890.</p><h2 id="pdfandebookproducts">PDF and eBook Products</h2><p>AHA digital products are accessed, viewed and downloaded from our partner, Tizra, by logging in at <a href="https://ebooks.aha.org/" target="_blank" title="AHA eBooks homepage">ebooks.aha.org</a>. For more on this topic, visit our <a href="https://aha-pmg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/15115974156699-Your-Orders" target="_blank" title="AHA Help Center: Your Orders">FAQ on ordering and accessing eBooks</a>.</p><ul><li>The online acceptance of a User License Agreement is required prior to completing the order transaction.</li><li>No software is required to view the eBook. It is viewable within your internet browser.</li><li>You will receive a confirmation email within one hour of your online order from no-reply@aha.org.</li><li>You will receive another email from no-reply@aha.org with the subject line “Important Information Regarding Accessing Your AHA Ebook on Tizra.” This email contains access instructions and your individual log-in credentials. Check your Spam folder if email hasn't arrived. If you do not receive the email within one hour of your online order, please email <a href="mailto:helpebooks@aha.org">helpebooks@aha.org</a>.</li><li>Please be aware that if you order multiple eBook/PDF products or multiple copies of the same product, you will receive an ORDER CONFIRMATION and AHA eBook/PDF PRODUCT DELIVERY EMAIL containing the product link for each copy.</li><li>Taxes may apply.</li><li>Digital Products are not returnable or refundable.</li><li>Questions about ordering? Email <a href="mailto:helpebooks@aha.org">helpebooks@aha.org</a>.</li></ul><h2 id="returnpolicy">Return Policy</h2><h3>Return and Refund Policies</h3><p>The following products are not eligible returns and/or refunds: print books, whitepapers, eBooks, PDFs, and all other electronic media.</p><h3>Return Exceptions: Printed Books Only</h3><p>If you receive a damaged, misprinted, or missing pages from a book, it may be exchanged for a replacement. Please email <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> with your order number and include a picture of the book. Pre-paid UPS shipping labels will be provided. Enclose a copy of the packing slip and a brief explanation for the return to the address below.</p><p>If you were sent the incorrect book, it may be returned for a refund or exchanged for the correct book. The returned item must be in the original condition: shrink-wrapped or sealed. Pre-paid UPS shipping labels will be provided for orders shipped in error. Please email us at <a class="ck-anchor" href="mailto:orders@aha.org" id="mailto:orders@aha.org">orders@aha.org</a> or call <a href="tel:1-800-242-2626">800-242-2626</a> and a service representative will assist you. Be sure to enclose a copy of the packing slip and a brief explanation for the return to the address below.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0500 AHA