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After a one-year hiatus the AHA Quest for Quality Prize is back, updated to reflect the hospital and health system field’s broader emphasis on quality and improving health status. Oct.
More than 140 Americans die from a drug overdose every day – that’s more than from gun homicides and car crashes combined.  Most of these deaths are due to prescription painkillers, heroin and
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) affiliate recently released a resource that points the way towar
Senators have left Washington for their home states for a month-long recess.
The health care world is changing. New technologies are moving the field in new and different directions, all of which is good news for patients.
America’s hospitals take a lot of pride in staying close to their communities. We like to believe we have our fingers on the pulse of the people we serve.
In a dramatic early morning vote, after months of debate in both houses of Congress, today the Senate voted down its latest attempt to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.
This week’s AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego gives us the opportunity to honor our hospital and health system champions for their i
This was a dramatic week for the Senate’s efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. 
The exorbitant cost of many prescription drugs threatens providers’ ability to provide life-saving medications for millions of Americans.
POLITICO’s recent piece on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on non-profit hospitals is an incomplete and inaccurate understanding of the situation hospitals currently face and the ben
Last month, we urged the Senate to go back to the drawing board after its original proposal included dramatic cuts to the Medicaid program and the loss of health care coverage for tens of millions
We’ve been sharing with you how many hospitals and health systems are speaking up about congressional Republican proposals to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act – proposals t
Senators returned to Washington this week to continue debate on legislation that would repeal and replace significant parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Next week, the Senate will reconvene in Washington to continue debate on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), legislation that would repeal and replace significant parts of the Affordable Car
Communities are only as strong as the health of their people.
This Independence Day, as we take time to spend with family and friends, we also celebrate our democracy and the values that our nation holds dear. One of them is the freedom and responsibility we
The strategies that are empowering health care leaders to drive the transformation of America’s health care will take center stage July 27-29 at the 25th annual AHA Leadership Summit in
From the onset of this debate, America’s hospitals and health systems have been guided by a set of key principles that would protect coverage for Americans.