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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®.
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.
AONL Announces 2026 Class of Fellows
CHICAGO – The American Organization for Nursing Leadership today announced the 2026 inductees into its fellow designation program.
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.
AHA Statement 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.
AACN and AONL Publish a New Guide to Building Effective Academic-Practice Partnerships
WASHINGTON, DC, December 2, 2025 – The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) have just released a new guide for developing successful academic-practice partnerships.
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.
AONL CEO Makes Statement on Federal Regulatory Definition of Professional Degree
Chicago (Nov. 21, 2025) - AONL alongside 56 national nursing organizations urged the U.S. Department of Education’s Reimagining and Improving Student Education Committee to explicitly include post-baccalaureate nursing programs in the regulatory definition of “professional degree programs” when creating rules to implement OBBBA.
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.
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.