Issue Landing Page
Landing pages for the American Hospital Association's top advocacy issues.
Sixty-seven percent of AHA member hospitals are part of health systems, the majority consisting of three to 10 hospitals. Health systems range in size, geography and facility type. Three-quarters are not-for-profit, with another 10% identifying as Catholic church-related and 10% as for-profit…
Some provider-owned health plans cover just one market segment (e.g., Medicaid managed care) and other plans offer a full portfolio of products for the public and commercial sectors. There are increasing examples of health care systems and hospitals partnering with provider and commercial health…
The AHA is committed to providing hospitals and health systems with the very best tools available to help them earn that trust and confidence every day.
On these pages, you'll find resources to assist you, as well as updates and the latest news on compliance-related topics.
Hospitals bear a heavy financial burden when the cost of drugs increases. They are not only major purchasers of drugs, but patients often end up in the hospital when they cannot afford to take their medications as prescribed. To that end, the American Hospital Association is proud to be a member of…
The Medicaid program provides health care coverage to more than 70 million people, or one in five Americans, and is the nation’s largest single source of health coverage. Beneficiaries are low-income populations, including children and their families, adults, seniors and disabled individuals.
AHA is focusing on ensuring that everyone in the U.S. has access to the care they need when they need it, and that it is safely and efficiently delivered.
This page contains a number of resources for the treatment and management of Ebola Virus. In addition, it catalogs lessons learned from the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Africa and the treatment and response to cases treated in the U.S.
As hospitals and health systems continue to look for ways to advance quality of care while lowering costs, the AHA has taken a leadership role in supplying information to hospitals to help them further improve the work they do.
Health care is currently in the middle of a transition from a system of payment based on the volume of services provided (fee-for-service) to payment based on the value of those services (value-based care and alternative payment models).
Over 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital as an important source of care as well as a critical component of their area's economic and social fabric. Location, size, workforce, payment and access to capital challenge small or rural hospitals and the communities they serve.…