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AHA Statement on Appeals Court Upholding Halt of 340B Rebate Program

The First Circuit recognized that the district court’s decision halting the 340B Rebate Program was “careful and thorough”— and correct. The AHA remains pleased that these courts have put on hold this harmful program that would have a devastating effect on America’s most vulnerable patients and communities, and the hospitals that serve them.
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AHA Statement on Temporary Restraining Order Granted in 340B Rebate Model Litigation

On behalf of our members — including safety-net hospitals serving rural and underserved communities — we are pleased with today’s decision. The court’s decision halts a rule that would have caused a devastating sea change in a 30-year-old program relied upon by hospitals that serve America’s most vulnerable patients and communities.
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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.
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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®.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.