American Hospital Association (AHA) news and information

Deepening engagement among patients, families, physicians and providers will produce higher-quality health results and lead the way to answering the question: “What is best for the patient?”Our healthcare world is rapidly evolving. Among those changes is a cultural one that affects...
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The Leapfrog Group has released its latest round of safety scores, and nearly three-quarters of hospitals maintained the same letter grade they received in November.
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Large safety net hospitals and academic medical centers fear they will be cut out of the picture by the narrow networks on steroids that many insurers will offer in the new insurance marketplaces that open for business Oct. 1.
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Members of Congress went home just in time for hospital executives to arrive in Washington for the American Hospital Association's annual membership meeting this week.
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Senate leaders plan to introduce a bill this week that would eliminate sequester cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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The healthcare reform law conjures an appealing vision for hospitals: No longer will they have to manage the burden of uninsured Americans with a mix of federal and state subsidies, cost-shifting and contorted accounting.
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The American Hospital Association is not backing down from its lawsuit against the CMS that claims healthcare providers have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in reimbursements through a billing policy that unfairly penalizes providers who submit incorrect Medicare claims.
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Richard Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, discusses what the sequester's 2% Medicare reduction means for hospitals in an interview with Merrill Goozner, Modern Healthcare editor, at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on Healthcare Leadership in...
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Democrats floated a new plan to avoid cuts to Medicare and other health programs, but it stands little chance of succeeding. The American Family Economic Protection Act was introduced Feb. 14 to replace the 2% Medicare provider and insurer cuts scheduled to begin March 1 along with a series of tax...
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It appears that the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. will not get federally subsidized access to health coverage under planned legislation that would allow many to stay legally.
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