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Claire Zangerle Named Chief Nurse Executive of the AHA and Chief Executive Officer of AONL
The American Hospital Association (AHA) named Claire M. Zangerle, DNP, R.N., as senior vice president and chief nurse executive of AHA and chief executive officer of its American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
AHA Statement on Final Rule on Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
The AHA strongly believes that a skilled, caring workforce is integral to delivery of high quality, safe care. Yet, the process of safely staffing any health care facility is about much more than achieving an arbitrary number set by regulation.
AHA Statement on Proposed Rule on Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
The AHA strongly believes that a skilled, caring workforce is integral to delivery of high quality, safe care. At the same time, safe staffing is about much more than a number. We are concerned that in proposing a one-size-fits-all numerical staffing threshold, CMS would remove the role of clinical judgment in staffing facilities, and inadvertently create patient access challenges across the health care system.
America’s Hospitals, Nursing Homes Send Joint Letter To CMS Urging Against Unfunded Staffing Mandates
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the largest associations representing America’s hospitals and nursing homes, respectively, sent a joint letter today to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), outlining concerns with a federal staffing mandate for nursing homes. CMS is planning to issue a federal staffing minimum for nursing homes this year.
AHA Statement in Response to the Sentencing of Former Nurse Radonda Vaught
We are pleased that the judge showed leniency in the sentencing of a health care professional who made a medical error.