Press Releases
View all of the press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
The American Hospital Association is pleased that Marilyn Tavenner has been confirmed as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today awarded the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision award to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., for its work to improve the health of its community through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.
We continue to believe that both Medicaid and Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts should be delayed for two years in order to better ascertain whether coverage expansions have been implemented.
We are pleased to support the DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013 introduced today by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA).
There are many parts of the health care delivery and financing systems that urgently need updating, and the matter of "charges" is among those at the top of the list. "Charges" were a central part of the former cost-based reimbursement system that disappeared from the scene decades ago.
Sicker, more complex Medicare patients are driving up the intensity of emergency department (ED) care, a new report released today by the American Hospital Association (AHA) found.
Delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting is the core mission of hospitals across the country. The AHA is committed to helping members improve the quality of care they deliver every day and is engaged in a variety of initiatives that lead to better, safer, more efficient care…
We are pleased that in todays rule CMS has used its discretion to dampen the impact of certain congressionally-mandated policies.
The American Hospital Association (AHA), in partnership with the state hospital associations, today awarded 52 individuals with the American Hospital Association Grassroots Champions Award. As a 2013 Grassroots Champion these individuals are being recognized for exceptional leadership in generating…
In February, the American Hospital Association, The Pew Charitable Trusts and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists convened organizations representing pharmacists, doctors, hospitals and health care systems, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, State boards of pharmacy and the U.S.…