Press Releases
View all of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
Cleveland Clinic will receive the AHA Equity of Care Award, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association announced today.
The Maryland Hospital Association is the 2016 recipient of the Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for its work to improve health care quality, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association announced today.
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a new resource on prescription opioids to help increase communication between health care providers and patients about the risks and benefits associated with these medications.
America’s hospitals appreciate the leadership of Chairman Brady and Representatives Tiberi and McDermott on behalf of the hospital community. We agree with their policy that the readmissions program needs to be adjusted to account for socioeconomic status.
The AHA is disappointed with the court's decision denying cost sharing assistance to low-income individuals who buy their health insurance on the federal health exchanges.
The Department of Health and Human Services estimated that through the hard work of hospitals, physicians and others, hospital-acquired conditions declined by 17%, saving 87,000 lives between 2010 and 2014.
As a strong advocate for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, the AHA believes the new physician payment programs reflect the transformation happening in health care that hospitals and health systems have already embraced.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued Medicaid managed care regulations that represent the first major update to this program in more than a decade.
At the urging of hospitals and more than half of both the House and Senate, CMS delayed the launch of their overall star ratings program.
Today's rule includes a very important outcome because it reverses the inappropriate and unfair 0.2 percent payment reduction for inpatient services that was implemented as part of the original "two-midnight" policy.