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New AHA Report: Hospitals and Health Systems Squeezed by Persistent Economic Challenges
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new report showing that hospitals and health systems continue to experience significant financial headwinds that can challenge their ability to provide always-there, essential care to their patients and communities.
Senate Unveils Amendment to House Budget Resolution with Vote Expected This Week
Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., April 2 released the Senate's amendment to the House budget resolution for fiscal year 2025.
AHA's 2022-2024 Strategic Plan
The American Hospital Association’s 2022-2024 Strategic Plan seeks to position the AHA to lead, represent and serve the field as its national advocate and provide guidance to our members and stakeholders who will tailor their paths to their own communities.
Fact Sheet: Advocacy Priorities for Fall 2022
America’s hospitals and health systems continue to deal with the difficult challenges of high inflation and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, hospitals are facing significant increases in costs of labor from workforce shortages, drugs, equipment and supplies (including food and energy costs) that are threatening their stability and ability to provide access to high quality health care services. The AHA has developed resources that hospital leaders can use to advocate on these important issues.
New AHA Report: Hospitals and Health Systems Continue to Face Rising Costs, Economic Pressures
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new report showing that hospitals and health systems continue to experience significant financial pressures that challenge their ability to provide 24/7 care for the patients and communities they serve.
Speak Up, Be Heard and Exercise Your Right to Vote
Forty-six days from now on Nov. 8 millions of Americans will cast their ballots and exercise their most sacred right – the right to vote.
We Must Keep Our Hospitals Strong as Severe Financial Challenges Threaten Access to Care
As part of those efforts, we’ll be releasing radio spots that we recorded with state, metropolitan and regional hospital association executives this week and spotlighting case studies from hospitals describing the challenges they are facing.
2021 Cost of Caring
Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to make care more cost-effective and efficient for their patients, at the same time that they are caring for the nation’s most complex and resource-intensive patients. This has been especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals and health systems have provided essential services and saved lives, while also facing unprecedented financial and operational challenges.
How Hospitals Can Prepare for Inevitable Breaches of Patient Data
Snapshot
A series of high-profile breaches underscored the vulnerability of online records and the ability of cyber-criminals to
Rethinking the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Reducing readmissions is an important way to improve quality and lower health care spending, and hospitals are making significant progress.