Press Releases
View all of the press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
Mike Bromberg was both a highly respected association leader, and a professional lobbyist in the very best sense of the word, who left his fingerprints on many initiatives that improved health care in America.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected eight members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2017.
We are pleased CMS reversed the effects of the 0.2 percent payment reduction that was part of the original “two-midnight” policy, and restored the resources that hospitals are lawfully due. However, we are disappointed that CMS finalized an unjustified cut to reimbursement rates for hospital…
Judith Rich, president and CEO of Tucson Medical Center (TMC) Healthcare in Tucson, Ariz., has been named to the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA).
The new CMS star ratings program is confusing for patients and families trying to choose the best hospital to meet their health care needs.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) presented two federal hospital leaders with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.
It is unclear whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) star ratings actually provide accurate and reliable data to the public. As a result, we applaud and thank Reps. James Renacci (R-OH) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY) for introducing a bill to delay, for at least one year, the…
Tom NickelsExecutive Vice President Government Relations and Public PolicyJuly 25, 2016The new mandatory payment models proposed by CMS today represent additional efforts by the Administration to attempt to coordinate patient care across multiple settings. America’s hospitals already are…
The action taken today by the Department of Justice (DOJ) is good news for consumers, who would have faced increased costs and fewer choices for coverage.
The American Hospital Associations (AHA) Board of Trustees has selected Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic, as its chair-elect designate.