http://www.aha.org/?ref=rss_presscenter AHA.org - Our vision is a society of healthy communities where all individuals reach their highest potential for health. en-us Copyright 2012 American Hospital Association Thu, 23 Feb 2012 2:51:15 CST http://www.aha.org/?ref=rss_presscenter http://i.aha.org/inc-aha/i/aha-logo-plain.gif 104 61 http://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120216-pr-extenders.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120216-pr-extenders.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterWhile we support ensuring that physicians will not see their Medicare payments reduced, we are extremely disappointed that once again Congress is putting seniors' access to hospital services in jeopardy through arbitrary reductions to hospitals.Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120213-pr-2013budget.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120213-pr-2013budget.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterToday's budget is bad news for our nation's seniors and most vulnerable citizens.Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120207-pr-psychchair.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120207-pr-psychchair.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterBruce Schwartz, M.D., deputy chairman and professor of clinical psychiatry of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y., and CEO, president and medical director of University Behavioral Associates and MBCIPA, is the 2012 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120202-pr-scheduleh.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120202-pr-scheduleh.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterA 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.Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120126-pr-coalitionad.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120126-pr-coalitionad.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterThe 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.Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120124-pr-foster.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120124-pr-foster.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterIn 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.Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120119-pr-jobsreport.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120119-pr-jobsreport.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterAn 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. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120117-pr-metrochair2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120117-pr-metrochair2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterFred 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.Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120113-pr-smallruralchair.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120113-pr-smallruralchair.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterStaci Covey, president of Guthrie's Troy Community Hospital in Troy, Pa., will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2012.Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120112-pr-medpac.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120112-pr-medpac.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterAmerica's hospitals are very disappointed with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) recommendations today regarding changes in Medicare payment to hospitals.Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120112-pr-mchchair.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120112-pr-mchchair.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterPatricia A. Warner, executive director of the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Mich. is the 2012 chair of the American Hospital Association's Section for Maternal and Child Health. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120109-pr-ltcrehabchair2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120109-pr-ltcrehabchair2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterPatricia Ostaszewski, chief executive officer (CEO), HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Toms River, N.J. is the 2012 chair of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation.Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120105-pr-cogchair2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120105-pr-cogchair2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterThe American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Kimberly McNally will be chair and Katherine Keene, will be chair-elect for the AHA's 2012 Committee on Governance (COG). Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120104-pr-syshead2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2012/120104-pr-syshead2012.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterWarner L. Thomas, president and COO, Ochsner Health System in New Orleans is the 2012 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Health Care Systems, a constituency section representing health systems across the country that provide guidance in AHA's policy development and governance.Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111213-pr-coaltionads.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111213-pr-coaltionads.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterThe Coalition to Protect America's Health Care tomorrow will launch on December 14, 2011, a national print campaign to urge Congress not to cut billions of dollars from hospital care to pay for a physician payment fix.Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111212-pr-living-vision.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111212-pr-living-vision.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterThe AHA awarded the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision award to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) in Anchorage for its work to improve the health of Alaska Natives and American Indians through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111209-pr-plan.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111209-pr-plan.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterThe American Hospital Association strongly supports fixing Medicares flawed physician-payment system but not by further cutting resources for hospital services that seniors depend on. We are deeply disappointed in the plan submitted by House Republicans today that would cut more than $17 billion in payment for hospital care.Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111201-pr-irfreport.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111201-pr-irfreport.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterA new report documents sustained declines in patients discharged from inpatient rehabilitation hospitals as well as an increase in higher acuity patients following the implementation of several major policy changes in recent years.Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111130-pr-hit-delay.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111130-pr-hit-delay.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterAmerica's hospitals welcome today's announcement that HHS intends to delay the start of Stage 2 meaningful use.Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CSThttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111123-st-berwick.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterhttp://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2011/111123-st-berwick.pdf?ref=rss_presscenterThe AHA commends Don Berwick's commitment and passion to improving health care. We appreciate his openness to always being willing to listen to the hospital field's perspective on how to deliver better care to patients.Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST