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Hospitals and health systems must rethink traditional strategies and embrace bold transformation to remain financially strong amid policy, workforce and reimbursement challenges, according to the 2026 Futurescan report.
Tampa (Florida) General Hospital (TGH) stands out as prolific in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption: The private non-profit hospital in West Central Florida has implemented 61 AI applications so far.
Join AHA’s Board Chair Marc Boom, M.D., for Leadership Dialogue as he discusses key issues with hospitals colleagues from across the country. Watch the video and listen to the podcasts. New videos will post the last Monday of each month.
This year I’ll be continuing the AHA Leadership Dialogue series and talking with health care, business and community leaders on trending topics in the field.
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, sits down with Mark Boucot, president and CEO of WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital, to explore how rural hospitals can leverage technology and partnerships to deliver…
AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would not only strip access to health care from some of the most vulnerable populations but also destabilize hospitals and health systems, leading to a loss of services that would impact patients and communities nationwide.
The federal and state governments share the responsibility of financing the Medicaid program.
AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to hospitals’ Medicaid payments.
One in seven Americans live in rural areas and rely on rural hospitals and health systems for the health and well-being of their communities.
Medicare pays most acute care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume. These programs are Low-…