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Press Kit
Our digital press kit provides basic information for media interested in the latest information about the American Hospital Association.
Recognizing the People Who Deliver Healing and Hope during National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week
This year’s observance of National Hospital Week, May 7-13, and National Nurses Week, May 6-12, are opportunities to thank our dedicated caregivers and recognize the tremendous job they have done taking care of our country through one of the most trying episodes in our history.
Flawed Report Aims to Deflect Attention From Role Insurer PBMs Play in High Drug Costs
A new AHIP “report” suggests that hospitals are significantly marking up the costs of drugs to the detriment of patients. They make baseless claims that specialty pharmacies, many of which insurers conveniently own through their pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) affiliates, provide a lower-cost alternative for patients.
Retaining A Rural Nursing Workforce: It Takes A Village
Attracting and retaining nurses presents a major workforce challenge, particularly in rural health care settings. At the University of Vermont Health Network, leaders realized that the ongoing nursing shortage crisis required creative solutions, including investment in the well-being of the nursing staff.
AHA, Others Amicus Brief in Braidwood Management, Inc., v. Xavier Becerra
The AHA, joined by the Federation of American Hospitals, Catholic Health Association of the United States, America’s Essential Hospitals, and Association of American Medical Colleges, urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to keep in place pending appeal an Affordable Care Act requirement that most health plans cover certain preventive services without cost sharing.
Hospital price growth remains in check, cherry-picked claims do not
An all-too-common activity among some researchers is cherry picking data to support pre-conceived arguments. One of these false narratives is that hospitals and health systems are uniquely responsible for increased health care prices. But an examination of comprehensive data tell a different story.
Blog: RAND Gets it Wrong (Again) on Hospital Prices
The RAND Corporation has released the third edition of its hospital price transparency study. The AHA previously highlighted our extensive concerns with the data and methodology used in the last version.
Rand Rebuttal: Facts Are Stubborn Things; Statistics Are Pliable
How RAND Corporation is endangering our high-value healthcare systems by oversimplifying the complexities of how the system works.
Analysis Gets it Wrong on Health Care Spending
A recent analysis from the Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation, “What drives health spending in the U.S. compared to other countries,” does not provide a full picture on health care spending in the U.S. while also downplaying the immense role that drug costs play in overall health care spending.
Recent Reports on Price Variation and Growth Mislead
In two recent reports, the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) appears to use oversimplified analytic approach and draws overly broad conclusions about price variation and price growth variation. Their analysis does not address many of the key factors that can contribute to price variation and growth, while also ignoring broader trends in the health care market.