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AHA's comments to House leaders on the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), legislation that would make a series of changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower the price of prescription drugs.
Brian Gragnolati AHA Board Chairman, discusses how leaders can build and adapt an existing workforce to anticipate new care models.
This edition of Hacking Healthcare is dedicated to giving you a primer on some of the impacts geopolitical tensions can have on healthcare organizations, particularly in relation to technology and cybersecurity considerations. By outlining how geopolitics can lead to sanctions, impact third-party…
AHA and AVIA Announce Strategic Alliance Alliance to help member hospitals and health systems scale digital transformation  
The AHA recognizes that SAMHSA is statutorily constrained in making structural amendments to the regulations under 42 CFR Part 2; however, because the proposed rule would not change the basic framework of Part 2, which significantly impedes the robust sharing of patient information necessary for…
Motion of Amici Curiae American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Federation of American Hospitals, Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Hospital Association to file an amicus brief in support of petitioners.
In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Julia Resnick, senior program manager for AHA's The Value Initiative, talks with staff members from Inova Health System in Virginia about their initiative to prevent unnecessary preoperative testing.
AHA thanks Senators Cortez Masto and Roberts for introducing legislation that fixes a formula to measure accountable care organization (ACO) performance by more fairly comparing ACOs to their markets. Specifically, S.2648, the Rural ACO Improvement Act, amends title XVIII of the Social…
Tom Nickels Executive Vice President American Hospital Association October 21, 2019
Now that Judge Collyer has ruled against both the government’s motion to reconsider her opinion and the motion for a stay, the AHA expects CMS to comply with today’s order and promptly repay the impacted hospitals to support the work they do for the patients they serve.