Press Releases
View all of the press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Katherine Keene will be chair and Bina Eggensperger, will be chair-elect for the AHA's 2013 Committee on Governance (COG).
Stephen Hanson, FACHE, executive vice president and operations leader for Texas Health Resources' North Zone in Arlington, Texas, is the 2013 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Health Care Systems, a constituency section representing health systems across the country…
Rick W. Merrill, president and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas, is the 2013 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Maternal and Child Health.
Alvin Hoover, chief executive officer of Kings Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) in Brookhaven, Miss., will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2013.
While fixing the physician payment formula is essential, it should not be done by jeopardizing hospitals’ ability to care for seniors and their communities. That’s why we are very disappointed at the approach taken in this measure.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) presented Captain Pachuta and Lieutenant Colonel Kosmatka with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.
The impending budget crisis is real, and we need to work together to provide financial certainty to our economy. But today's proposal by the House would negatively impact all patients, especially the nation's most vulnerable - children, the poor, elderly and the disabled.
As a member of the NQF and on behalf of the hospital field that is implementing a wide variety of NQF endorsed measures, the AHA is delighted that such a stellar leader has been named to lead the NQF.
Bruce P. Bailey, president and chief executive officer of Georgetown Hospital System, Georgetown, S.C., today was named to the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and chairman of the Association's Regional Policy Board 4.
The American Hospital Association commissioned Public Opinion Strategies to conduct a national survey of registered voters to find out what the public thinks about potential funding cuts for Medicare and Medicaid.