Access & Health Coverage

The AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States June 15 released a joint statement responding to a Human Rights Watch report on nonprofit hospitals and the community benefits they provide.
When people see the blue and white “H” symbol, they think of healing, hope and health. Hospitals and health systems provide care to all who need it, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Sacramento-based Sutter Health wants to increase access to health care across the state. So they’re bringing doctors closer to patients by building more than two dozen ambulatory care centers around Northern California over the next four years.
We at the American Hospital Association, all of our members, and the individuals working in hospitals and health systems across America, salute our fallen. We work in health care to help save lives, but we understand firsthand the toll of loss, especially the loss of young lives given in service.
AHA statement for the record as the Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Health Care examines obstacles and opportunities to improve health care access in rural communities.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily restored an Affordable Care Act requirement that most health plans cover certain preventive services without cost sharing.
This summer, Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, Wash., is modernizing their campus to continue meeting the growing needs of their community.
We must stabilize hospitals’ finances to ensure access to patient care. We must strengthen the health care workforce.
The AHA today released a new report that details the extraordinary financial pressures continuing to affect hospitals and health systems, as well as access to patient care.