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AHA members are pursuing practices that can reduce health outcome disparities and thereby improve health outcomes for all populations.
Budget reconciliation is an optional process under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that allows for expedited consideration of certain fiscal legislation that makes changes to mandatory spending, revenues and/or the debt limit.
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The AHA Board of Trustees created the Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and conducted field hearings to speak with hospital and…
Caregivers have taken on unimaginable COVID-19 pandemic challenges and risen to the occasion. We are pleased to share their stories with you.
Medicare’s payment differences between hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and physician offices reflect the reality that HOPDs care for more complex patients, operate under stringent safety requirements, and maintain vital community services.
The AHA released the 2026 edition of its annual Costs of Caring report. It shows hospitals and health systems continue to face increases in the costs of people, supplies, medicines and infrastructure needed to provide care and services to their communities.
This Costs of Caring report provides a data-driven assessment of the financial realities faced by hospitals and health systems, and underscores why sustainable affordability solutions must address the structural drivers of cost growth rather than focusing narrowly on hospital prices alone.
In this conversation, John Muir Health's Jeremy Fish, M.D., director of the Family Medicine Residency Program, and Pilar Corcoran-Lozano, PsyD, behavioral health corps faculty and supervising psychologist of the Co-Training Program, discuss how training physicians and behavioral health…
St. Charles Health System, based in Bend, Ore., is investing in the future of its workforce — and by extension, the health of the entire central Oregon community — through a new educational initiative.