Press Releases
View all of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
America’s hospitals and health systems applaud today’s Supreme Court decision finding that the Department of Health and Human Services violated the Medicare Act when it changed Medicare's reimbursement formula for disproportionate share hospitals without providing notice and opportunity to comment.
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2019) – The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association today released the 2019 National Heath Care G
Hospitals and health systems value all individuals they have the opportunity to serve, and oppose discrimination against patients based on characteristics such as race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We have serious concerns that this proposal could weaken…
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President
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New analysis prepared by Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and released today by the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) shows that tax-exempt hospitals provided $95 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2016 alone, the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. This means…
WASHINGTON (May 16, 2019) - The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) has elected Sylvia Young to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees, effective immediately.
Rick Pollack
President and CEO
We have a number of concerns about the report released today by RAND Corp. Most notably the authors themselves point out that the study’s key limitation is its small sample size – less than 5 percent of all covered persons in about half of all states, and just 2 percent of the 181 million Americans…
America’s hospitals and health systems are fully committed to protecting patients from unanticipated medical bills that they may incur because of unexpected gaps in their health coverage or as a result of medical emergencies.