Press Releases
View all of the American Hospital Association (AHA) press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
Today’s continuing resolution includes many important provisions that benefit the patients and communities America’s hospitals and health systems are privileged to serve each day. Importantly, this bill delays for two years cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments, which are…
The Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (Institute), an affiliate of the American Hospital Association (AHA), today announced its 2018 chair of its board of directors, Nicholas Tejeda, and newly-elected board members with terms beginning Jan. 1, 2018.
WASHINGTON (January 26, 2018) – Cheryl L.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today launched the AHA Physician Alliance (Alliance), a new initiative that brings together physicians and their hospitals and health systems in transforming care and advancing health in America.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 23, 2018 – In honor of the exceptional efforts to build programs that promote engagement, job growth and access to quality health care in its community of New Haven, Yale New Haven Hospital is awarded the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service and…
WASHINGTON (January 17, 2018) – The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Ken Bowman, Division Vice President, Operations - IRF, Kindred Rehabilitation Services at Kindred Healthcare, will be chair of the AHA’s Section f
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 8, 2018) - Steven J. Corwin, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian, is the 2018 council chairman of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) constituency section for health care systems. The 21-member council represents AHA’s 250 health…
WASHINGTON (January 9, 2018) – The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that David B. Hyman, DDS, will be chair for the AHA's 2018 Committee on Governance (COG). The COG is a specialty committee of the AHA Board of Trustees. The committee is responsible for providing…
WASHINGTON (January 10, 2018) – Today, the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced that Mary Lou Mastro, MS, RN, FACHE, System CEO of Edward-Elmhurst Health in Naperville, Illinois, is the 2018 Council chair of the AHA’s Constituency Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services.…