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2024 Costs of Caring

While recent data suggest that some hospital and health system finances have experienced modest stabilization from historic lows in 2022, the hospital field is still far from where it needs to be to meet the demand for care, invest in new and promising technologies and interventions, and stand ready for the next health care crisis.
Guides/Reports
Member

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.
Press Releases

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.
Testimony

AHA Statement to House on "Access to Health Care in America: Ensuring Resilient Emergency Medical Care”

The American Hospital Association (AHA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on ways to ensure patients can receive timely emergency medical care, particularly in rural and underserved areas. We share the committee’s interest in ensuring that Americans have high-quality, affordable health care in the face of life-threatening crises.
AHA Knowledge Exchange

Optimize Your Hospital’s Revenue Cycle for Efficient, Patient-Centered Operations

Optimizing hospital’s revenue cycle for efficient, patient-centered operations and enhancing critical KPIs using AI and robotic process automation.
Content

New Strategies in a Disruptive Era With Johns Hopkins and Guidehouse

Health care leaders are finding new ways to strengthen performance through innovative approaches, while improving care, quality and patient safety. In this conversation hear how Johns Hopkins is using innovation to ensure long-term financial stability while managing day-to-day struggles. This podcast is brought to you by Guidehouse.
News

Setting the Record Straight: Latest Arnold Ventures-funded Study Draws Many Faulty Conclusions, Including Incomprehensibly Linking Hospital Prices to Increased Suicides

Last week, several academics released a working paper saying hospital prices lead to employment losses outside the health sector, among other faulty conclusions.
News

Hospitals Face Financial Pressures as Costs of Caring Continue to Surge

The AHA’s new Costs of Caring report highlights how hospitals and health systems continue to experience significant financial pressures that challenge their ability to provide 24/7 care for patients and communities.
AHA Knowledge Exchange

Strengthening Financial Performance in Rural Hospitals

Hospitals are assessing revenue-cycle management performance, employing best practices and using analytics and automation to ensure financial health.
News

America Needs Strong Hospitals to Foster Healthy and Thriving Communities

Hospitals and health systems are facing many significant challenges, including historic workforce shortages, soaring costs of providing care, cracks in the supply chain, severe underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelming regulatory and administrative burdens, just to name a few. These challenges are jeopardizing access to care and services for patients and communities.