Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities

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 Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice works to reduce health literacy barriers for patients, families, clinicians and health care organizations.
The AHA, the Maine Hospital Association and four safety-net health systems from across the country Dec. 1 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine to challenge the 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program.
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, joins Aimee Kuhlman, vice president of advocacy grassroots and government relations at the AHA, and Paulette Davidson, president and CEO of Monument Health, to unpack what’s…
Late in her pregnancy, Kati Gyulai received unexpected news: Her baby’s limbs were measuring much shorter than average.
Five rural hospitals in Northern California have partnered to restore and expand access to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging through a shared mobile imaging program.
The Department of Homeland Security Nov. 17 published a proposed rule regarding “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility.” DHS proposed to rescind the public charge ground of inadmissibility regulations put forward in 2022. The department also stated that it intends to…
The AHA and the Federation of American Hospitals Nov. 18 released a study conducted by Dobson | DaVanzo, underscoring the threat to patient care by expanding physician-owned hospitals in rural communities.
Dahl Memorial’s emergency department in rural Montana relies on physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners to manage critical cases. Patients requiring care beyond its capabilities are medevacked to Montana’s top hospital after stabilization efforts on-site.