AHA Press Releases

A new report confirms the tremendous financial strain that hospitals and health systems on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19 are under.

Statement on HHS announcement on distribution of funds for hospitals with high COVID-19 admissions and in rural areas from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

Statement on additional regulatory waivers from CMS from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

A coalition led by the American Hospital Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), and comprising nearly 30 other organizations, sent a letter to Congress urging swift action to protect Americans’ health care coverage in its response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Statement on HHS announcement on distribution of additional funds from CARES Act from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

AHA statement on the Paycheck Protection Program & Health Care Enhancement Act from President and CEO Rick Pollack.

Statement on CMS guidance on elective procedures from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

As the COVID-19 surge wanes in different parts of the country, patients’ pent up demand to resume their elective surgeries will be immense. To ensure patients can have elective surgeries as soon as safely possible, a roadmap to guide readiness, prioritization and scheduling has been developed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and American Hospital Association (AHA).

AHA statement on additional emergency funding for hospitals & health systems from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

AHA statement on initial emergency funding from CARES Act from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

AHA released a statement from its President and CEO Rick Pollack on the proposal for additional emergency funding for hospitals and health systems.

The Creative Coalition, Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, and the American Hospital Association have united to launch the “Protect the Heroes” campaign, which allows the general public to make direct impact donations to America’s hospital and health systems.

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack's statement on HHS's Office of the Inspector General report.

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the use of the CARES Act.

A statement from the AHA, AMA and ANA on the CDC’s Recommendations for the Public on Cloth Masks

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on CMS's announcement of emergency declaration waivers for health providers.

The AHA, joined by five other organizations that represent or collaborate with individuals and institutions at the forefront of delivering health care in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, are concerned with the shortages of masks, face shields and other personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, swab kits, and testing capacity that are critically needed by frontline caregivers and patients.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced a national initiative to secure millions of masks for the physicians, nurses and caregivers who are treating coronavirus patients and at greater risk due to a nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment. The effort will facilitate private sector partnerships to address these shortages in the fight against COVID-19.

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the Senate's coronavirus relief legislation.

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.