AHA Press Releases

AHA statement on President-Elect Biden’s health team from President and CEO Rick Pollack.

AHA statement on the nomination of Xavier Becerra as HHS secretary

AHA’s Tom Nickels to Retire in 2021; Stacey Hughes to Join the Association

AHA statement on CY 2021 OPPS final rule from Executive Vice President Tom Nickels.

A new analysis prepared by the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlights commercial health insurance practices that contribute to burnout in the clinical workforce and make it more difficult for some Americans to access the care they need.

As COVID-19 vaccine development continues to progress, leading U.S. medical, nursing and health organizations today affirmed their commitment to ensuring COVID-19 vaccines are evaluated and ultimately authorized through a rigorous scientific and regulatory process.

As COVID-19 cases surge again, four major health care organizations release updated guidance on maintaining essential surgery during the ongoing pandemic.

Tom Nickels Executive Vice President American Hospital Association November 20, 2020

America’s hospitals and health systems have very deep concerns about the substance and legality of today’s Most Favored Nation Model interim final rule. Instead of holding drug companies accountable for drug prices, it slashes reimbursement to hospitals for drugs.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Statement on the 2020 Election. This remarkable year has tested our nation, our economy, our health care system — and most recently — our sacred democratic form of government. Now, after Americans spoke out by ballot in record numbers, the media has reported that the election has been called for Joe Biden.

The American Hospital Association is proud to partner with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reach and engage all health care personnel with vital online COVID-19 curriculum.

The American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the American Health Care Association and the National Association for Home Care and Hospice wrote congressional leaders urging them to extend the congressionally enacted moratorium on the application of the Medicare sequester cuts into 2021 and through the duration of the public health emergency.

The AHA Board of Trustees earlier this year recommended updating the AHA’s patient billing guidance to better align with how care is delivered and financed currently. Today, we are releasing updated, voluntary guidelines that represent the AHA’s expectations of what the hospital and health system field can and should do to address issues of coverage, billing and debt collection, and patient and provider accountability.

AHA elected Phyllis Cowling to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees for one year, effective Jan. 1, 2021.

AHA statement on interpretive guidance on CMS data collection and Medicare conditions of participation interim final rule from President and CEO Rick Pollack.

Joint AHA, AAMC Statement on NASEM Report on Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 Vaccine.

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack shares a statement on passage of Continuing Resolution.

Statement from the AHA, AMA, ANA as coronavirus deaths in U.S. tops 200,000.

It is unfortunate that RAND continues to make broad claims about pricing based on a cherry-picked and limited data set.