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COVID-19 Reconciliation Advocacy

Congress is back in Washington, D.C., and its top focus will be passing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation. The next few weeks will be critical to ensuring that Congress includes important provisions in the legislation to support hospitals and health systems and their heroic front-line teams.
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COVID-19 Relief Reconciliation Advocacy

Congress is discussing another COVID-19 relief package, one that would use its reconciliation process to approve legislation that could spur the nation’s health and economic recoveries from the ongoing pandemic. The following resources will aid AHA members’ efforts to advocate on behalf of hospitals and health systems.

FDA releases adverse events dashboard

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the FDA Adverse Events Reporting System Public Dashboard on March 15.

CDC announces funding to support COVID-19 testing

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced $10 billion allocated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help states and territories provide COVID-19 testing for teachers, school staff and students.

PREP Act declaration expands vaccination workforce

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) took steps to expand the pool of health care professionals qualified to deliver vaccinations against COVID-19.

HHS program aims to reduce bias, improve quality in maternal care

The U.S. maternal mortality rate doubled over the last 30 years, disproportionally affecting Black women and American Indian and Alaska Native women.

Become the HR Strategic Partner Your Organization Needs!

[ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE SESSION] Are strategic and personnel decisions made without your input? Do other members of the management team treat you as an adversary instead of an advisor? Would you like to learn why you are NOT viewed as a strategic business partner? If you answered “YES” to just ONE of those questions, Liz Weber will help you quickly identify the answers to these frustrations you and many HR professionals face regularly. Strategic HR Business Partners assess their roles differently. Liz will share how you, as a savvy health care HR professional, can build credibility, highlight your value, and become the trusted and respected strategic HR Business Partner your organization needs.

Possible change to workplace safety standards causes concern

The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on workplace safety in the era of COVID-19, an issue also raised by the Biden administration.

CDC: Deadlier UK COVID variant could become dominant U.S. strain

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects the highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom to become the dominant U.S. variant of the virus by the end of March.

Racial and ethnic health disparities top list of ECRI safety concerns

The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) released its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2021, naming racial and ethnic disparities in health care as the top concern for the year.