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AHA on CMS' Repeal of Minimum Staffing Requirements For Skilled Nursing, Long-Term Care Facilities
The AHA applauds CMS’ repeal of the misguided minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.
Hospitals Continue to Improve Performance on Patient Safety in 2025
Patient safety throughout hospitals and health systems across the nation continues to improve, according to a new data analysis of key safety and quality metrics from Q4 2019 to Q2 2025 released today by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and Vizient®.
American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack Announces Retirement
American Hospital Association (AHA) President and CEO Rick Pollack today announced his plans to retire by the end of 2026. A 43-
year veteran of the association, Pollack has served as its chief executive for over the past decade.
New Analysis: Nonprofit Hospitals’ Value to Communities 11 Times Their Federal Tax Exemption
A new analysis by the accounting firm EY (also known as Ernst and Young) for the AHA shows that tax-exempt hospitals and health systems delivered more than $11 in benefits to their communities for every dollar’s worth of federal tax exemption in 2022, the most recent year for which comprehensive data were available.
AHA, MHA and Four Safety-Net Hospitals File Suit to Stop Unlawful 340B Changes Threatening Patient Care
Today, the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Maine Hospital Association (MHA) and four safety-net health systems from across the country filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maine to stop unlawful changes to a critical program that provides lower-cost drugs to hospitals and clinics that serve rural, poor and vulnerable communities.
AHA Statement on CY 2026 OPPS Final Rule
The AHA is disappointed that CMS has finalized cuts to hospital and health system services, including those in rural and underserved communities. Combined with its continued inadequate market basket updates, the agency is exacerbating the challenging financial pressures under which hospitals are operating to serve their patients and communities.
New Study Demonstrates How Physician-owned Hospitals Threaten Patient Care in Rural Communities
Today the Federation of American Hospitals and the American Hospital Association released a new study conducted by Dobson | DaVanzo that underscores the threat to patient care of expanding physician-owned hospitals (POHs) in rural communities.
AHA Names New Trustee to the Board
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected Pete November, president and CEO of Ochsner Health in Louisiana to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees for a term effective Jan. 1, 2026 and ending Dec. 31, 2028. The Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its direction and finances.
AHA Names New Trustees to the Board for 2025
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected eight members to its Board of Trustees for terms beginning Jan. 1, 2025. The Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its directions and finances. In addition, Michael Ugwueke, president and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., will join the AHA Board immediately filling an unexpired term that extends through 2026.
AHA Names Eric Fish, MD, New Trustee to the Board
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected Eric Fish, MD, MBA, FACOG, President and CEO of Schneck in Seymour, Ind., to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees for a term effective immediately and ending Dec. 31, 2026. The Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its direction and finances.