Press Releases
View all of the American Hospital Association (AHA) press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President
American Hospital Association
June 19, 2019
The AHA applauds Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Murray and the Senate HELP Committee for their continued commitment to protecting patients. The Lower Health Care Costs Act includes critical provisions to hold…
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Institute for Diversity and Health Equity today announced that Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Md., will receive the 2019 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care (EOC) Award. The award recognizes hospitals and health systems for their efforts to reduce…
America’s hospitals and health systems applaud today’s Supreme Court decision finding that the Department of Health and Human Services violated the Medicare Act when it changed Medicare's reimbursement formula for disproportionate share hospitals without providing notice and opportunity to comment.
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2019) – The American Hospital Association today released the 2019 National Heath Care G
Hospitals and health systems value all individuals they have the opportunity to serve, and oppose discrimination against patients based on characteristics such as race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We have serious concerns that this proposal could weaken…
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President
American Hospital Association
New analysis prepared by Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and released today by the American Hospital Association (AHA) shows that tax-exempt hospitals provided $95 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2016 alone, the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. This means…
WASHINGTON (May 16, 2019) - The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected Sylvia Young to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees, effective immediately.
Rick Pollack
President and CEO