Comments are due by 5 p.m. on February 26, 2021.

A complete legislative package could be ready for consideration by the House of Representatives as soon as the end of this month.

Members who wish to learn more about the bills are encouraged to attend our weekly legislative update calls held on Fridays.

SB1377 would potentially protect businesses, governments, health providers and healthcare institutions from prospective frivolous lawsuits stemming from their response to COVID-19.

AzHHA is tracking more than 80 bills that may directly or indirectly impact hospitals in addition to advocating for our priority legislation.

HHS issues new guidance for facility reporting of COVID-19 data. Additional optional data fields have been added to help track health care personnel and patient vaccinations. These fields can be reported weekly starting January 13.

Our healthcare workers are exhausted, overworked, overwhelmed and numb by the increasing surge of COVID-19 patients. They work tirelessly to save the lives of your family, friends and loved ones. Are you ready to help them?

The Executive order was initially extended until December 31, 2020 and has now been extended a second time until March 31, 2021.

Our 2020 Annual Report details the impact of AzHHA’s advocacy efforts to return $750 million for hospital and provider supplemental payments, our defeat of the union ballot initiative and our successful effort to withdraw the federal rule that would severely limit Medicaid financing.

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is reporting Arizona could receive about 380,000 doses of vaccine by the end of the month, with a similar allocation next month to cover the required “booster shot.”