APHON joined 32 other organizations to support the need for pediatric reference intervals to ensure appropriate care for children.

APHON joined the Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC) in thanking the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee for holding a hearing, “Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?”and their work on this important issue. The letter also requests their consideration of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) which would address interdisciplinary workforce shortages for the care of patients with serious illness.

APHON joined the Alliance for Childhood Cancer to let the FDA know of our concerns regarding the clinical hold for two clinical trials the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) is conducting for standard risk and relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The FDA has disallowed the delivery of 72- and 96-hour IV bags of blinatumomab to newly diagnosed patients enrolling in AALL1731 and AALL1821 due to safety concerns.

APHON joined the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) to welcome all members of the Senate and House to the 118th Congress and outlined our shared priorities of investing in the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development programs and supporting nursing research.

Along with the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, APHON sent letters to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to ask for passage of the Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act before the end of the 117th Congress.

APHON and 62 additional organizations in the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent thank you letters to nursing champions in Congress who are retiring or leaving Capitol Hill at the end of this year, including: Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40), Rodney Davis (R-IL-13), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30), and David McKinley (R-WV-01), as well as Debbie Jessup, a nurse and congressional staffer for Rep. Roybal-Allard.

APHON joined with 61 other organizations in the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in urging Congress to pass top legislative priorities addressing the needs of nursing education, practice, and research before the end of the 117th Congress.

APHON joined with the Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC) to ask House and Senate Leadership to include the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) in an end of the year package.

As part of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), APHON joined 57 other organizations asking Senate leadership to pass the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.

APHON and 49 other organizations signed onto a letter supporting the Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act and requesting that it be included in any year-end health care package. This bill would direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a demonstration program in up to 10 states to improve access to comprehensive, high-quality outpatient care, including recommended clinical, mental health, ancillary, and support services, for individuals enrolled in Medicaid with SCD.