The American Hospital Association (AHA), in partnership with the state hospital associations, today announces the 51 individuals who will receive the American Hospital Association Grassroots Champions Award.
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The AHA applauds Kathleen Sebelius's commitment to improving health care and expanding access to care for all.
AHA Launches the Symposium for Leaders in Healthcare Quality to Increase and Strengthen Focus on Qua
To further cement its commitment to improve quality and patient safety in America's hospitals, the American Hospital Association is launching a new forum the Symposium for Leaders in Healthcare Quality (SLHQ).
The AHA will honor four hospital volunteer programs with its Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California will be presented the AHA Honorary Life Membership Award for his contributions to hospitals and health care in America.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will present its 2014 Award of Honor to Rhonda Anderson, R.N., DNSc, chief executive officer, Cardon Childrens Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will present its 2014 Award of Honor to the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) for its OHA Energy and Sustainability Program.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Barry Passett, health care advisor and former hospital CEO from Chevy Chase, Md. will be presented the AHA Honorary Life Membership Award for his contributions to hospitals and health care in America.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will present its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced today several awards that the AHA and its affiliated organizations will present during its 2014 Annual Membership meeting in Washington.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Russ Harrington, president and CEO, Baptist Health in Little Rock, Ark. will be awarded its 2014 Board of Trustees Award.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Daniel Sisto, former president, Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS), will be awarded its 2014 Board of Trustees Award.
Today’s report contains some good news for patients but reminds hospitals and clinicians that our work is not done. The quality journey is a marathon, not a sprint; hospitals are not yet at the finish line, but they are on the right track.
Kimberly McNally, MN, RN, a trustee at UW Medicine in Seattle, today was named to the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA). The board is the policy-making body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its direction and finances.
The bill introduced today would provide welcome relief to hospitals that are unfairly penalized by readmission penalties because they care for large numbers of poor patients, often with very complicated and multiple medical problems. It helps ensure that hospital performance improvement efforts are focused on readmissions that are preventable.
The American Hospital Association today announced its support for S. 2082, the Two-Midnight Rule Coordination and Improvement Act of 2014. Introduced today by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), the legislation would delay enforcement of the Medicare inpatient admission and review criteria known as the two-midnight policy.
We are pleased that CMS has extended its enforcement moratorium on the two-midnight policy for an additional six months, as the AHA has urged.
Catherine J. Barr, president of Bethesda Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn. and senior vice president for community services, including long-term acute care, home care, hospice and palliative care within the HealthEast Care System, is the 2014 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Governing Council.
James W. Eyler, FACHE, CEO, Coliseum Psychiatric Center, Macon, Ga., is the 2014 chair of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Constituency Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services.
Reginald Coopwood, M.D., president and CEO of Regional Medical Center at Memphis, will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 24-member governing council for 2014.