Guides/Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
The cost of commercial insurance is increasing at an unsustainable rate — squeezing individuals and families, employers, and public programs. The average family insurance premium has increased 47% over the past 11 years — faster than general inflation and more than any other part of the health care…
To help AHA members navigate the ongoing demands associated with workforce recruitment and retention, the AHA has partnered with Prolucent Health to create the Health Care Jobs Report. These region-specific reports are derived from data aggregated by Prolucent’s platform LiquidCompass directly from…
The Living Learning Network’s pandemic reflection book showcases the defining moments of COVID-19 as told by the front lines.
The AHA has been collecting resources to assist organizations in their efforts to plan for the future post-COVID-19 workforce.
As we chart a new path together, we have developed this new resource – under the guidance of the AHA Board of Trustees’ Task Force on Workforce and with input from many members of the Association – to help hospitals navigate workforce challenges and opportunities, as well as highlight strategies…
Tax-exempt hospitals are required to publicly report on the ways in which they improve the health of the communities they serve yearly through the IRS Form 990 Schedule H, which is publicly available. In 2019, the most recent year for which this information is available, tax-exempt hospitals…
In 2019, the estimated tax revenue forgone due to the tax-exempt status of non-profit hospitals is $12.4 billion. In comparison, the benefit tax-exempt hospitals provided to their communities, as reported on the Form 990 Schedule H, is estimated to be $110.9 billion, almost 9 times greater than the…
Beginning in 2018, the AHA contracted with Guidestar to create a file of all Schedule H forms electronically submitted by hospitals to the IRS for the most recently completed tax year, 2019. Using the Guidestar database, as well as AHA annual survey data, the AHA can now provide benchmark reports…
Following the tragic murders of four people and many wounded on the campus of St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK, the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center offers these resources, which may provide guidance for the victims, survivors, and community in the coming days and months.
As America confronts a health care landscape deeply – and likely permanently – altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioral health care access has emerged as both a challenge and opportunity.