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Hospitals Spend an Average of 11 Percent of Their Total Expenses on Benefits to Their Communities
February 02, 2012
A new report by Ernst & Young found that not-for-profit hospitals spend an average of 11.3 percent of their total expenses on benefits to their communities. Starting in 2009, not-for-profit hospitals were required to file Schedule H with the Internal Revenue Service to show the community benefit they provide. Learn More
Ad Campaign Urges Congress to Protect Hospital Care Patients Rely Upon
January 26, 2012
The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care today launched a national advertising campaign to urge Congress not to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospital care. Learn More
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Vermont Receives Foster G. McGaw Prize
January 24, 2012
In honor of its broad-based efforts to improve the lives of the most vulnerable members of its community, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) in Windsor, Vt., is the recipient of the 2011 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most esteemed community service honors in healthcare. Learn More
Medicare Cuts to Hospital Care Could Lead to Nearly 278,000 Jobs Lost Overall
January 19, 2012
An updated analysis by Tripp Umbach, a firm specializing in conducting economic impact studies, finds that an additional 83,000 jobs could be lost if the Medicare cuts to hospital care included in H.R. 3630 (legislation extending the Social Security tax holiday, unemployment insurance and the physician fix), passed by the House, are implemented. Learn More
Fred Rothstein, M.D., to Chair AHA's Metropolitan Hospitals Governing Council
January 17, 2012
Fred Rothstein, M.D., president of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 24-member governing council for 2012. Learn More
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- AHA News Now: AHA, others ask OMB to withdraw Schedule H revisions
- AHA News Now: GAO: Implantable medical device prices vary widely, lack transparency
- AHA News Now: CMS launches data preview period for new Medicare efficiency measure
- AHA News Now: Hospital employment climbs 0.27% in January
- AHA News Now: Hospitals add nearly $6.2 billion to Iowa's economy
- Caring for Vulnerable Populations Web Seminar
February 7, 2012, 3 p.m. EST - AHA Town Hall Interactive Webcasts
Recurring Schedule (Members Only) - AONE 45th Annual Meeting and Exposition
March 21-25, 2012 - Future AHA Annual Meeting Dates
Washington, D.C.