Press Releases
View all of the American Hospital Association (AHA) press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
Hospitals and health systems and more than half of the House and the Senate requested that CMS provide reasonable flexibility when implementing Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 in order to ensure that patients have continued access to hospital care.
Technology is improving the efficiency of care delivery and creating a new dynamic in patient interactions, according to results of the 18th Annual Health Care's Most Wired survey, released today by the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Health Forum.
A new analysis commissioned by the American Hospital Association (AHA) examines the fundamental design flaws of star ratings, and whether it is an accurate tool to compare hospital performance.
Cleveland Clinic will receive the AHA Equity of Care Award, the American Hospital Association announced today.
The Maryland Hospital Association is the 2016 recipient of the Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for its work to improve health care quality, the American Hospital Association announced today.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a new resource on prescription opioids to help increase communication between health care providers and patients about the risks and benefits associated with these medications.
America’s hospitals appreciate the leadership of Chairman Brady and Representatives Tiberi and McDermott on behalf of the hospital community. We agree with their policy that the readmissions program needs to be adjusted to account for socioeconomic status.
The AHA is disappointed with the court's decision denying cost sharing assistance to low-income individuals who buy their health insurance on the federal health exchanges.
The Department of Health and Human Services estimated that through the hard work of hospitals, physicians and others, hospital-acquired conditions declined by 17%, saving 87,000 lives between 2010 and 2014.
As a strong advocate for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, the AHA believes the new physician payment programs reflect the transformation happening in health care that hospitals and health systems have already embraced.