Press Releases
View all of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2016 ) – The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) today named Maureen Swick, R.N., Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and senior vice president, nursing of the AHA.For the past six years, Swick has been the senior vice…
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association will present its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to William Petasnick, president and CEO, emeritus, Froedtert Health in Milwaukee.
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association today announced that Sandra Bennett Bruce, past president and CEO, Presence Health, Chicago, will be awarded its 2016 Board of Trustees Award.
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association today announced that Michael G. Rock, M.D., professor of orthopedic surgery and former chief medical officer, Mayo Clinic Hospitals/Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn. will be awarded its 2016 Board of Trustees Award.
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association today announced that Daniel R. Stultz, M.D., past president and CEO of the Texas Hospital Association, will be presented the AHA Honorary Life Membership Award for his contributions to hospitals and health care in America.
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association today announced that the Justin Ford Kimball Innovators Award will be awarded to Dan Wolterman, president and CEO, Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston.