Finance & Budgeting
Sep 27, 2023
“Emerging research has confirmed what hospitals and health systems have been saying again and again and again — that 2022 was among the most financially challenging year the hospital field has experienced, and that recovery remains challenging,” writes AHA’s director of policy research and analysis.
Jun 14, 2023
The Centers for Medicare…
May 30, 2023
The White House and Speaker McCarthy May 27 announced the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746), a deal to suspend the debt limit for nearly two years and make other policy changes
Apr 20, 2023
Hospitals appreciate the support and resources that Congress have provided throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; however, additional support is needed to keep hospitals strong so they can continue to provide care to patients and communities.
- Finance & Budgeting
- Cost Management
- Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
- COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement
- Workforce
- Nurses
- COVID-19: Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Drug Prices
- Workforce Supply and Demand
- Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
- Advocacy & Public Policy
- Telling the Hospital Story
Apr 20, 2023
Hospitals appreciate the support and resources that Congress have provided throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; however, additional support is needed to keep hospitals strong so they can continue to provide care to patients and communities.
Apr 19, 2023
Anyone unfamiliar with the financial structure of not-for-profit hospitals and health systems may question why these organizations carry often significant financial reserves on their balance sheets. The answer is straightforward: with limited sources of funding, hospitals and health systems rely on…
Apr 3, 2023
Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have introduced the Rural Hospital Support Act (S.1110), AHA-supported legislation that would make permanent the Medicare-dependent Hospital program and enhanced low-volume Medicare adjustment for small rural prospective payment system hospitals.
Mar 29, 2023
In a blog published today, AHA refuted a number of suggestions that appeared in a recent Health Affairs column discussing what is behind the financial losses at large nonprofit hospitals.
Mar 28, 2023
Hospital operating margins dipped again in February to -1.1% and continue to remain negative, though with less month-to-month variation, according to the latest report on hospital finances from Kaufman Hall.
Mar 9, 2023
President Biden today submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year 2024. The budget includes discussion of certain health care policies, such as Medicare solvency, behavioral health, prescription drugs, workforce and pandemic preparedness.