New distribution! Reach relevant USA TODAY Network news sites. Get started ›

New distribution! Reach relevant USA TODAY Network news sites. Get started ›

World Media Directory · RSS · Email Newsletters

There were 2,170 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 480,833 in the last 365 days.

American Hospital Association Press Releases

1,352 Press Releases

Published on September 20, 2025 - 04:37 GMT

Hospitals Serve and Support People and Communities in Many Different Ways

All of America’s hospitals and health systems, regardless of ownership status, size or location, provide a vast range of benefits, programs and essential services to their patients and communities that no other entity can. In addition to 24/7 specialized …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 22:38 GMT

Joint Commission unveils first AI guidance in partnership with Coalition for Health AI

The Joint Commission and the Coalition for Health AI released guidance Sept. 17 on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in health care, the first installment from their partnership that launched in June. The guidance includes recommendations on …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 22:38 GMT

Phishing operation attacking at least 20 health care organizations disrupted by Microsoft

Microsoft Sept. 16 announced it had disrupted a growing phishing service that had targeted at least 20 U.S. health care organizations. The company said it used a court order granted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to seize …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 22:37 GMT

Senate passes SUPPORT Act reauthorization bill, moves to president for signing into law

The Senate Sept. 18 passed the AHA-supported SUPPORT Act (H.R. 2483) by a voice vote, advancing the bill to President Trump to sign into law. The bill reauthorizes key prevention, treatment and recovery programs for patients with substance use disorder, …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 22:37 GMT

FDA vacates final rule regulating lab-developed tests as medical devices

The Food and Drug Administration released a final rule Sept. 18 that rescinds one from 2024 that applied medical device rules to laboratory-developed tests. The final rule is in response to a March 31 federal district court decision that also vacated the …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 04:37 GMT

AHA podcast: Destigmatizing Mental Health for Health Care Workers

Corey Feist, CEO and co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation, and Tiffany Lyttle, R.N., director of cultural integration at Centra Health, discuss how hospitals, health systems and states are working to improve mental health access for health …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 04:37 GMT

AHA video: From Tennis Star to Surgeon — Carrie Cunningham’s Journey Through Depression and Recovery

In a video released Sept. 17 for National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, Carrie Cunningham, M.D., an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, section head of the Endocrine Surgery Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a former …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 04:37 GMT

HANYS CEO and former AHA Board Member Bea Grause to retire

The Healthcare Association of New York State Sept. 16 announced Bea Grause, R.N., its president and CEO, will retire in summer 2026. Grause was active for many years with the AHA and is a former board and executive committee member. Grause became HANYS …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 04:37 GMT

Bipartisan letter urges House leadership to halt Medicaid DSH cuts

A bipartisan House letter by Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Fla., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo., urged House leadership to prevent reductions to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program that are …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 18, 2025 - 04:37 GMT

Hospital-at-home bill considered during House Ways and Means Committee markup

The AHA submitted a statement Sept. 17 for a House Ways and Means Committee markup session on a series of health care and other bills. Specifically, the AHA expressed support for the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 4313), legislation …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 23:18 GMT

Supporting Resident Wellness: Inside Boston Medical Center’s Innovative Approach

Medical residency is one of the most demanding stages in a physician’s career. Long hours, intense learning and new responsibilities often push trainees to deprioritize their own health. At Boston Medical Center (BMC), leaders and staff are working …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 23:17 GMT

AHA chair discusses need for innovation during Newsweek event on digital health care 

AHA Chair Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health in Michigan, gave the opening remarks at Newsweek’s Digital Health Care Forum today in New York City. She shared how innovation is critical to creating a stronger health care sector and …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 23:17 GMT

House subcommittee holds hearing on tax-exempt hospitals

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee today hosted a hearing on tax-exempt hospitals. The AHA submitted a statement for the hearing, highlighting the amounts that tax-exempt hospitals spend annually on community benefits and where those funds are …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 23:17 GMT

House Appropriations Committee releases continuing resolution bill text

The House Appropriations Committee today released bill text for a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21. The bill also extends key health care programs set to expire Sept. 30 through the length of the CR. They include extending the …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 06:33 GMT

AHA comments on CY 2026 OPPS proposed rule

The AHA commented Sept. 15 on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services calendar year 2026 outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule. The AHA expressed support for several policies in the rule …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 06:32 GMT

AHA supports bill expanding in-network providers within MA plans

The AHA Sept. 15 expressed support for the Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act, legislation that would require Medicare Advantage plans to cover services provided by certain essential community providers, including different types of hospitals that …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 06:32 GMT

AHA urges Aetna to rescind ‘level of severity inpatient payment’ policy

The AHA Sept. 15 urged Aetna to rescind its recently announced “level of severity inpatient payment” policy, saying that it “could erode the transparency consumers rely on to make informed decisions about their care, undermine important regulatory …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 06:32 GMT

CMS opens application period for Rural Health Transformation Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 15 announced that states can now apply for funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The program will fund $50 billion to rural providers from …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 16, 2025 - 06:32 GMT

AHA highlights key health care priorities for House, Senate leaders to address by end of year

The AHA detailed its key health care priorities for the remainder of the year in comments to House and Senate majority and minority leaders Sept. 15. The AHA urged legislators to address Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment reductions set to …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry
Published on September 15, 2025 - 18:25 GMT

Chair File: Using Innovation and AI to Advance Health

With all of the challenges facing health care — a shrinking workforce population, reduced funding, new technologies and pharmaceuticals — it's no longer an option to change, but an imperative. In order to keep caring for our communities well into the …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry

Previous 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Next