AHA Press Releases

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected Kate Walsh to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees for a term effective immediately and ending December 31, 2024.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released Strengthening the Health Care Workforce, the first of a three-part series to help hospital and health system leaders develop immediate, near- and long-term workforce strategies providing key considerations and questions to drive action, as well as resources and case studies.

We are pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed with us that the Department of Health and Human Services' outpatient payment cuts to hospitals in the 340B Drug Pricing Program were unlawful.

The AHA supports this bipartisan package to help reduce violence in our communities.

Workers who dedicate themselves to saving lives deserve a safe environment – free of violence and intimidation – in which to deliver care.

WASHINGTON (June 6, 2022) – Regardless of ownership type, size, and location, all hospitals provide a comprehensive range of benefits and essential services to their communities.

Yesterday was another unfortunate example of gun violence in our country. This latest incident was in a medical facility, a place of healing, on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla.

When others ran from the pandemic, health care workers ran toward it to try to prevent the spread, care for the sick and save lives.

Rick Pollack President and CEO American Hospital Association May 17, 2022

We are pleased that the judge showed leniency in the sentencing of a health care professional who made a medical error.

The American Hospital Association today presented two federal hospital leaders with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.

WASHINGTON (April 25, 2022) — The American Hospital Association today released a

The hospital field is committed to doing our part to reduce emissions and promote environmental stewardship, but we know we cannot do this alone.

The American Hospital Association will present its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to Teri G. Fontenot, CEO emeritus of Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, La.

The American Hospital Association will present its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to Kevin E. Lofton, CEO emeritus at CommonSpirit Health in Chicago.

The American Hospital Association announces that its 2021 Award of Honor will be presented to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

The American Hospital Association announces that its 2021 Award of Honor will be presented to the American Nurses Association.

The American Hospital Association announces that its 2021 Award of Honor will be presented to the American Medical Association.

The American Hospital Association announce that the 2021 Justin Ford Kimball Innovators Award will be awarded to Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich.