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Hospitals add 13,600 jobs in March

Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.26 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted 5,223,400 people.
News

WEDI Spring Conference to highlight health IT best practices, trends

WEDI, a public-private coalition of health information technology stakeholders including the AHA, will host its 2019 Spring Conference May 20-22 in San Diego.
Advocacy

AHA-supported Bills

This is a list of bills that the AHA is actively supporting.

Reply in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment

Introduction Plaintiffs’ opening brief explained the clear limits that Congress imposed on the ability of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to change Medicare payment rat
News

Perspective: The hospital field is fighting to protect coverage gains

The AHA has always been for common-sense policies that make it easier for patients to access care and for hospitals and health systems to deliver that care – and this will never change.
Event

Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
News

Study: Hospital outpatient clinics treat poorer, sicker patients than ASCs

Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department clinic are more likely to be poor, previously hospitalized and have severe chronic conditions than those treated in an ambulatory surgical center, according to a study by KNG Health Consulting released today by the AHA.
News

Bills would align SUD treatment confidentiality regulations to improve care

Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., yesterday reintroduced  the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (H.R. 2062), AHA-supported legislation that would align 42 CFR Part 2, federal regulations governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder treatment and prevention records, with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations, and strengthen patient protections. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have reintroduced companion legislation (S. 1012), the Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act.