Making Healthcare More Affordable
The AHA urges Congress to pass The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R.3514/S.1816), bipartisan legislation that would help streamline prior authorization requirements under MA plans.
Please contact your representative prior to the Jan. 22 House hearings to share with them how some commercial insurer policies and practices delay, deny and disrupt care for patients.
AHA's 2026 Environmental Scan highlights financial constraints, workforce strain and shifting demand patterns no longer are emerging issues — they are persistent conditions shaping daily operations and long-term strategy.
The 2026 AHA Environmental Scan details data and trends that have implications for the health care field for the coming year and beyond. The Scan will help your staff, leadership and board strategize and plan for the future.
In this special Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and outgoing AHA board chair, sits down with Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and incoming 2026 AHA board chair.
AHA responds to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule on marketplace integrity and affordability.
Executive Order 14221 Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) March 10 released new proposed policies for health insurance marketplaces, including the issuers, agents and brokers who assist marketplace enrollees. If finalized, the rule would shorten the open enrollment period for all marketplaces to Nov.…
The AHA Environmental Scan contains data, surveys, trends, thought leadership and educational resources, illustrating some of the top issues facing the field, including workforce, financial stability, care delivery transformation and greater value. This scan can help leaders plan for the future of…
Statementof theAmerican Hospital Associationfor theCommittee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensionsof theUnited States Senate“What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?”July 11, 2024