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AHA applauds the Committee on Energy and Commerce for considering legislation to lower prescription drug costs and strengthen the Affordable Care Act marketplaces to improve access and lower the cost of coverage for consumers.
American Hospital Association Statement
Before Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions
of the U.S. House of Representatives
“Examining Surprise Billing: Protecting Patients from Financial Pain"
April 2, 2019
A joint letter for the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and the Federation of American Hospitals lto Representatives Robert Scott and Virginia Foxx regarding a proposal for surprise medical billing.
Midland Memorial Hospital – Midland, Texas
Predictive analytics creates value through nurse staffing system
Midland Memorial Hospital’s use of predictive analytics to manage the nursing workforce has resulted in higher patient experience scores, lower labor costs, less overtime and higher nurse…
15 Hospitals in North Carolina and South Carolina
Transforming Care in the Carolinas
Spurred by grant funding and collaboration, 15 hospitals in North Carolina and South Carolina are implementing financially sustainable initiatives to improve the patient experience, enhance care coordination and…
In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today, the AHA, along with the Federation of American Hospitals, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, America’s Essential Hospitals, and the Association of American Medical Colleges urged the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject a district…
Twenty-four state hospital associations urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse, highlighting specific innovative programs and initiatives for delivering higher-quality, more coordinated care that have become an integral part of the U.S. health care system over the past nine years and that would be…
Presbyterian Healthcare Services – Albuquerque, NM
Holistic Partnership Improves Outcomes for Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Presbyterian Healthcare Services started a statewide partnership, called The Substance Use Disorder and Community Collaborative Initiative, in 2017 to deliver…
AHA provides input to CMS regarding potential future changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital overall star ratings system.
AHA expressed support for legislation that would permanently extend the enforcement moratorium on direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and small, rural hospitals.