AHA Press Releases

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.

James J. Bleicher, MD, President and CEO of Verde Valley Medical Center (VVMC) in Cottonwood, Ariz., is the 2012 winner of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award. The award recognizes the accomplishments of small or rural hospital leaders who have improved health care delivery in their communities through innovative and progressive efforts.

The American Hospital Association today filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing to meet its financial obligations for hospital services provided to some Medicare patients. The AHA was joined in the suit by four hospital systems in states including Michigan, Missouri and Pennsylvania.

The American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) today released a new report that found up to 766,000 health care and related jobs could be lost by 2021 as a result of the 2 percent sequester of Medicare spending mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

A unique nationwide patient safety project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units by 40 percent, according to the agency's preliminary findings of the largest national effort to combat CLABSIs to date.

America's hospitals continue to harness the power of electronic health records (EHRs) to improve and support patient care. While hospitals are accelerating their IT adoption, today's regulations make the path more challenging.

We commend CMS for recognizing that its proposed new cut of 0.8%, approximately $850 million, in Medicare payments to hospital care would have been detrimental for America's seniors.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected seven new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2013. In addition, the Board appointed one new member to fill a one-year vacancy; he will be eligible for a full term beginning in 2014.

The American Hospital Association's (AHA) Board of Trustees has elected James H. Hinton, president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M., as its chair-elect designate.

Four U.S. hospitals were recognized today for their leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety. The 2012 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize was awarded to University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, which will receive $75,000.

Today the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced that the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) and the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) will receive the Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for their work to improve health care quality.

Three programs that expand the reach of palliative and end-of-life care will be recognized as the 2012 recipients of the Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, along with three others that will be awarded Citations of Honor.

We thank President Obama for signing The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act into law today. The number of drug shortages has tripled in the last six years and they are having an impact on patient care.

Today's historic decision lifts a heavy burden from millions of Americans who need access to health coverage. The promise of coverage can now become a reality.

We applaud final Senate passage of the reauthorization of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.

We applaud final House passage of the reauthorization of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.