AHA Press Releases

Jon C. Skinner is the 2016 chair of the American Hospital Association's Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Governing Council.

Debra Flores, R.N., FACHE, president of Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton, Va., will lead the American Hospital Association's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 26-member governing council for 2016.

James E. Shmerling, D.H.A., M.B.A, president and CEO of Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., is the 2016 chair of the American Hospital Association's Section for Maternal and Child Health Governing Council.

Kevin Most, D.O., vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer for Northwestern Medicine at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., will lead the American Hospital Association's Committee for Clinical Leadership as chair of its 29-member committee for 2016.

ThedaCare has been named one of four national finalists for the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize, one of health cares most prestigious honors for excellence in community service.

Vince Oliver, CEO and superintendent of Island Hospital in Anacortes, Wash. is the 2015 winner of the American Hospital Association's Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award.

The AHA announced that Maryjane Wurth will join the association on January 28, 2016, as chief strategy and relationship officer, and president and CEO of Health Forum, leading the organization's business development, strategic planning, member relations and personal membership groups.

American Hospital Association Statement on CMS Final Rule to Bundle Payments for Hip and Knee Surgery.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) presented retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. Potter and Col. James D. Carrell with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.

Hospitals prepare for the unknown every day to care for their patients and communities.