Press Releases
View all of the American Hospital Association (AHA) press releases for the media on health care issues impacting hospitals and health systems.
The AHA is disappointed that CMS proposes an inadequate Medicare outpatient hospital payment update as many hospitals — especially those in rural and underserved communities — operate under challenging financial pressures.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Hartford HealthCare in Hartford, Conn., is the 2025 recipient of the AHA Quest for Quality Prize. CommonSpirit Health in Chicago has been named a finalist. The winners will receive this prestigious recognition during the AHA’s Leadership…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced today that Fairview Health Services in Minnesota is the 2025 winner of the AHA’s Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.
Despite months of clearly demonstrating the implications that these Medicaid proposals will have on the patients and communities we serve, especially the most vulnerable populations, Congress has enacted cuts of nearly a trillion dollars to the Medicaid program.
We are deeply disappointed by today’s vote in the United States Senate to advance the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). The real-life consequences of these nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts – the largest ever proposed by Congress – will result in irreparable harm to our health care system,…
On behalf of the patients and communities we serve, America’s hospitals oppose the Senate substitute to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is launching a new TV and digital ad urging Congress to protect access to hospital care across the nation as it considers legislation that could have far-ranging negative consequences for patients, communities and hospitals across America.
We continue to review the Senate Finance Committee’s proposal. However, it appears that the provisions further undermine the ability for hospitals to provide care to Medicaid patients. This bill moves in the wrong direction.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new, comprehensive report that measures the substantial financial resources hospitals and health systems spend on preventing and responding to violence in their facilities and communities.
The AHA's hospitals and health systems have significant concerns regarding the harmful Medicaid and Health Insurance Marketplace provisions currently included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).