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Behavioral Health
This web page is designed to provide easy access to information and tools that will assist hospitals and health systems in navigating the changing behavioral health care system and understanding national, state and local activities affecting behavioral health.
Reducing Disparities in Health Outcomes
AHA members are pursuing practices that can reduce health outcome disparities and thereby improve health outcomes for all populations.
American Hospital Association Homepage | Hospitals USA
Issue Landing Page
Hospitals USA. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members come together to form the AHA.
Annual Meeting - Homepage
Issue Landing Page
Join executive leaders from the nation’s top hospitals and health systems at the 2026 AHA Annual Membership Meeting, in Washington, D.C.
Partner with the American Hospital Association – Homepage
Issue Landing Page
Partner with the American Hospital Association to reach hospital executives. AHA Sponsorships, content marketing, health care market data, data tools, top health forums, hospital solution provider trends, and more offer credibility, exposure and access for health care businesses.
Rural Health Services
Over 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital as an important source of care as well as a critical component of their area's economic and social fabric. Location, size, workforce, payment and access to capital challenge small or rural hospitals and the communities they serve. Collaborating with state and regional hospital associations and with advice from its member council, the Section tracks the issues, develops policies and identifies solutions to our most pressing problems.
#HAVhope Friday: Day of Awareness
On June 5, 2026, hospitals and health systems will come together for #HAVhope Friday, a national day of awareness to combat violence.
Health Plan Accountability
Commercial health plan abuses must be addressed to ensure fair coverage for patients and providers. The AHA has worked to hold health plans accountable through letters, statements, white papers and member updates.
Advocacy Issue: Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
Hospitals and their associated facilities provide access to critical services that are not otherwise always available in the community and they treat patients with very severe conditions. Payment proposals that attempt to treat hospital outpatient departments the same as independent physician offices and other ambulatory sites of care ignore the very different level of care provided by hospitals and the needs of the patients and communities cared for in that setting.
Site-Neutral Payment
Site-neutral payments mean paying the same for services provided in a hospital setting as for those in a physician office or ambulatory surgery center