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Better Health for Mothers and Babies Webinar Series: Core Principles in Action
This 4-part webinar series showcases hospitals and health care organizations putting each principle into action to improve outcomes.
Maternal Mental Health
AHA resources point to different strategies hospitals and health systems developed to address maternal mental health needs and conditions.
Update: Congress Passes Health Care Funding, Extends Key Health Care Provisions
Congress has passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (H.R.7148), which consists of a short-term continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill and a package of five full-year appropriations bills, containing conferenced legislation for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
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
Better Health for Mothers and Babies
Through the AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative, the AHA is working alongside hospitals and health care systems to help mothers and their babies thrive.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Hospitals and health systems can play an important role in ensuring children and adolescents receive the behavioral health care they need to thrive.
Better Health for Mothers and Babies Toolkit: Action Plan
Hospitals, health systems, clinicians and their community partners are dedicated to improving care for mothers and infants.
AHA Comments on RFI on Rural Maternal Labor and Delivery Costs
AHA responds to the Healthy Moms and Babies Act request for information on a low-volume payment adjustment for home health models for pregnant and postpartum women.
Maternal and Child Health
Maternal and child health is a high priority for AHA and its member hospitals and health systems. We are driven to advance health for women and children through partnerships and innovation in the quality, cost and delivery of care. This work is guided by a committee composed of 15 individuals representing health care leadership from some of the country's leading women's and children's health provider organizations and systems.
Federal Public Policy and Legislative Solutions for Improving Maternal Health Sept. 2024
At the federal level, several legislative initiatives specific to maternal mortality have been enacted. Several other initiatives have been introduced in Congress the last year.