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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.
House Passes Appropriations Package for Health Care Funding, Extends Key AHA-supported Health Care Provisions
The House of Representatives Jan. 22 voted 341-88 to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (H.R.7148), which contains conferenced legislation for the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Sequestration Payment Reductions, Cybersecurity, Rural issues, Workforce, Child and Adolescent Health, Maternal Health, Medical Education and Research, Access to Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder, Disaster Preparedness, 340B Drug Pricing Program
Fact Sheet: Medicaid DSH Program
The Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program provides essential financial assistance to hospitals that care for our nation’s most vulnerable populations, including children and those who are disabled and elderly. These hospitals also provide critical community services, such as trauma and burn care, maternal and child health, high-risk neonatal care and disaster preparedness resources.
DHS Finalizes Overhaul of H-1B Visa Selection Process
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Dec. 29, 2025, issued a final rule amending the H-1B visa lottery system to incorporate a new weighted selection process that will favor higher-paid, highly skilled foreign workers.
Behavioral Health
This web page is designed to provide easy access to information and tools that will assist hospitals and health systems in navigating the changing behavioral health care system and understanding national, state and local activities affecting behavioral health.
AHA Comments on CMS CY 2027 Proposed Rule for Policy and Technical Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs
The American Hospital Association (AHA) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed rule for policy and technical changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs in contract year 2027.
American Hospital Association Homepage | Hospitals USA
Issue Landing Page
Hospitals USA. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members come together to form the AHA.
Peer Support Issue Brief
Hospitals and health systems are enhancing the way they deliver care to improve patient care and outcomes, prepare for the future and strengthen sustainability. One key driver to transforming care is expanding the non-clinical workforce to improve patient experience and outcomes and reduce clinical staff burnout. Peer Support Specialists (PSS) can play an impactful role in helping hospitals and health systems achieve these goals. PSS are people with lived experience, living in recovery from psychiatric and/or substance use disorders, who provide non-clinical, strengths-based support to others seeking individualized recovery guidance.
340B Advocacy Alliance Bulletin - January 26, 2026
AHA urges HRSA to stop Eli Lilly’s new claims-data submission policy on 340B hospitals from going into effect; hospitals urged to submit their own letters to HRSA and use AHA letter as a guide.
AHA Urges HRSA to Stop Eli Lilly’s New Policy on 340B Hospitals From Going into Effect
The American Hospital Association (AHA) expresses serious concerns with the recent announcement by Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) to require 340B covered entities to submit claims data for all dispensations of all Lilly drugs, regardless of setting.