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Advocacy Issues
AHA is engaged on a number of evolving issues that impact the field and the patients and communities that hospitals and health systems serve. Each issue page explains the issue, outlines AHA’s position and provides resources and other supporting materials to help advocates succeed in their work.
Advocacy Issue: Workforce
Congress should take a number of actions to help hospitals and health systems support today’s workforce and ensure a future pipeline of professionals to meet the nation’s increasing demands for care.
Rural Health Update Newsletters
AHA Rural Health Update is a compilation of news from the AHA and its Rural Health Services team. Update provides constituents with a synopsis of breaking news on key issues targeted to rural providers.
Advocacy Issue: Tax-Exempt Status
Every single hospital and health system provides benefits to their communities that far outstrip any other sector in health care. Some hospitals are exempt from federal and some state and local taxes. Hospitals more than earn their tax exemption, in part because of the immense benefits they provide to the communities they serve.
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.
Post-acute Care Advocacy Alliance
Post-acute care is a growing and essential health and social service, accounting for more $2.7 trillion spent on personal health care, and, of that, almost 15% of total Medicare spending. Post-acute care settings include long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health agencies.
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.
Advocacy Issue: Workplace Violence
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers across the nation have experienced a sharp increase in incidences of workplace violence, with no sign that this trend is receding. Despite the diligent efforts of hospitals and health systems to prevent violence, health care workers remain five times more likely than any other type of worker to be physically attacked on the job, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
AHA 340B Advocacy Alliance Bulletin - January 12, 2026
Several health care groups, including the AHA, today told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services it is wrong to tell hospitals and health systems they “are to” complete the agency’s Outpatient Prospective Payment System Drug Acquisition Cost Survey and urged CMS to correct an FAQ issued on the issue.