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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…
The American Hospital Association provides comments on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s agenda and priorities for fiscal years 2027 and 2028.
Building an age-friendly health system requires more than clinical excellence — it demands leadership, strategy and system​wide commitment. 
On Jan. 15, Eli Lilly & Company (Lilly) announced that starting Feb. 1 it will require all 340B covered entities to submit claims-level data (CLD) for all dispenses of Lilly drugs, regardless of setting.
Interlock Ransomware is an opportunistic, financially motivated threat actor that emerged in late 2024.
A major study published this spring in JAMA Network Open analyzed outcomes for nearly 16,000 Medicare beneficiaries and found that hospital-at-home patients had dramatically lower in-hospital mortality — 0.4% compared to 3.6% for traditional inpatients — along with fewer ED visits within 30 days,…
Born in Idaho Falls at just 22 weeks gestation and weighing only 1 pound 4 ounces, Logan Ames faced overwhelming odds as a micro-preemie. One year later, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center celebrated his first birthday, celebrating not only Logan’s survival but also the dedication of the doctors…