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American Hospital Association

January 01, 1970

The American Hospital Association (AHA)[3][4] is a health care industry trade group. It includes nearly 5,000 hospitals and health care providers.

American Hospital Association
PredecessorThe Association of Hospital Superintendents of the United States and Canada
Established1898; 126 years ago (1898)
TypeProfessional association
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois[1]
ServicesHealth care
Key people
Wright L. Lassiter III, Chair
Richard J. Pollack, President & CEO[2]
Websiteaha.org

The organization, which was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1898, with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Washington, D.C.[5][6] is currently headquartered in Chicago.[1]

The organization has lobbied against Medicare for All proposals[7] and opposed "free care to low-income people who lack medical insurance."[8] It has also filed lawsuits to stop the U.S. government from requiring that hospitals make their prices public,[3] as well as lobbied against various proposals to reduce health care costs for patients and taxpayers.[9]

History edit

In 1870, there were only about 100 general hospitals in the United States, but the institution was growing rapidly.[10] Hospital administrators formed an organization, The Association of Hospital Superintendents of the United States and Canada, which held its first meeting in 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio, where seven of the eight superintendents in attendance were based.[10]

The organization was promoted by publisher Del Sutton, whose journal, The National Hospital Sanitarium Record, was adopted by the group in 1900, gradually coming under control of the organization until it was replaced by the organization's own publication, The Modern Hospital.[11][12] Modern Hospital stopped in 1974.[13]

In 1906, the organization adopted its present name. Membership was 450 in 1908.[14] Records of early annual meetings detail some of the conflicts in the emerging hospital culture of Canada and the United States concerning whether hospitals should be governed by physicians or administrators, with non-professionals representing a heavy majority. [15] Current ongoing research into the cost-effectiveness of such a decision has focused on increasing disparities and conflicts of "business ethics and medical ethics" that affect "profitability versus patient and public health care,"[16] as administrative overhead makes up a disproportionate amount of health cost.[17]

The organization issued a statement in 1964 backing "service to all people" regardless of "race, religion or national origin."[18]

Activities edit

Conventions edit

 
The 1931 convention was held at the Automotive Building in Toronto

AHA, "the country's largest hospital group,"[19] held their first annual convention in 1898.[20]

Research and data bases edit

In 1946 the AHA began its Annual Survey of US hospitals, building a data base of more than 6,500 hospitals combining more than 1,500 data fields including hospital organizational configuration, healthcare worker data, hospital resources, services provided and financial operations.[21]

In 1951, the Association announced it would invest $500,000 (US) in an in-depth study of the financing and overall costs incurred by the nation’s hospitals. The study, believed to be the first of its kind, attempted to unearth “…the best ways of offering high quality hospital care at the lowest cost” and included an assessment of the financial status of the nation’s hospitals. The study was managed by a commission chaired by Gordon Gray, president of the University of North Carolina.[22]

Lobbying edit

The organization has lobbied or been involved in lawsuits on a range of issues:

  • lobbied against Medicare for All proposals[7] and opposed "free care to low-income people who lack medical insurance."[8]
  • filed lawsuits to stop the U.S. government from requiring that hospitals make their prices public.[3][23]
  • During the coronavirus pandemic, the AHA, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association asked Congress to provide $100 billion in aid to hospitals for coronavirus testing and treatment.[24][25]
  • The AHA sued the Joe Biden administration in 2023 after the HHS restricted the ability of health care providers to sell the data of healthcare website visitors to third-parties on the basis that selling this data constituted HIPAA violation.[26]
  • The AHA lobbied against a bipartisan proposal to reduce the costs paid by patients and taxpayers for services at hospitals. The bipartisan proposal would have forced Medicare to pay the same price for the same health care service, whether it is provided in a hospital facility or a doctor's office, rather than pay twice as much for services provided by hospitals.[9][27]

Professional Membership Groups edit

Professional Membership Groups (PMGs) are affiliated societies which fall under the umbrella of the AHA:

  • American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)[28]
  • American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
  • Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI)
  • Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE)[29]
  • Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM)
  • At Large AHA Membership for Healthcare Management/Consulting Professionals
  • Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD)[30]
  • Institute for Diversity and Health Equity

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2018 Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax" (PDF). Non-profit "tax return". guidestar.org. August 20, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  2. ^ (PDF). AHA website. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Kliff, Sarah; Sanger-Katz, Margot (June 23, 2020). "Hospitals Sued to Keep Prices Secret. They Lost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  4. ^ "American Hospital Association Responds to Obama Administration". The New York Times. September 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "American Hospital Association - AHA". healthfinder.gov. US Dept. of Health & Human Services. August 12, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  6. ^ Goodman, Clifford (1988). "HEALTH Health Planning and Administration". In Council on Health Care Technology, Institute of Medicine (ed.). Medical Technology Assessment Directory: A Pilot Reference to Organizations, Assessments, and Information Resources. National Academies Press. pp. 524–8. ISBN 0-30903-829-4.
  7. ^ a b Pear, Robert (February 23, 2019). "Health Care and Insurance Industries Mobilize to Kill 'Medicare for All'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  8. ^ a b David Cay Johnston (August 6, 2004). "Nonprofit Hospital Agrees To Limits on Patient Fees". The New York Times.
  9. ^ a b DeGuzman, Phil Galewitz, Colleen (February 13, 2024). "In Fight Over Medicare Payments, the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength". KFF Health News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ a b Vogel, Morris J. (1989). "Managing Medicine: Creating a Profession of Hospital Administration in the United States, 1895-1915". In Granshaw, Lindsay; Porter, Roy (eds.). The Hospital in History. Routledge. p. 244. ISBN 0415056039.
  11. ^ Vogel 1989, p. 245.
  12. ^ "American Hospital Association". The American Journal of Nursing. 24 (14): 1148–1151. 1924. doi:10.2307/3408808. JSTOR 3408808. S2CID 43979542.
  13. ^ "New Magazines Planned". The New York Times. February 4, 1974.
  14. ^ Vogel 1989, pp. 244, 245.
  15. ^ Vogel 1989, p. 252.
  16. ^ Connie M. Ulrich (May 25, 2014). "Doctors, Hospitals and Dollars". The New York Times.
  17. ^ "Wage gap between hospital executives and doctors is widening, study shows".
  18. ^ "Hospitals Back Integration". The New York Times. March 10, 1964.
  19. ^ "Surprise Medical Bills Cost Americans Millions". The New York Times. December 22, 2020.
  20. ^ "LINKS HOSPITAL, CHURCH AND SCHOOL; Dr. Bachmeyer Tells Association They, With School, Form Triad for Welfare of Man. OPENS 28TH CONVENTION 5,000 Delegates Are Welcomed at Atlantic City by Gov. Moore and Mayor Bader". The New York Times. September 28, 1926.
  21. ^ Aizcorbe, Ana; Baker, Colin (2018). Measuring and modeling health care costs. Chicago London: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226530994.
  22. ^ Freeman, Lucy (September 17, 1951). "2-YEAR SURVEY SET ON HOSPITAL COSTS; Authorities, at St. Louis Parley, Announce Study on Finances and Quality of Services GORDON GRAY TO DIRECT IT Trust Funds Supporting Work --How to Lower the Expense of Care Is a Major Goal Grants Will Finance the Study Smoke Routs Hotel Guests" (PDF). The New York Times.
  23. ^ Evans, Melanie (2019). "Hospitals Turn to Courts as Lobbying Fails to Block Price-Transparency Proposal". WSJ.
  24. ^ Herman, Bob (March 19, 2020). "Hospitals ask for $100 billion coronavirus bailout". Axios. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  25. ^ "Congress urged to allocate $100 billion to providers in next COVID-19 spending package". American Hospital Association.
  26. ^ "US hospital groups sue Biden administration to block ban on web trackers". Reuters. 2023.
  27. ^ "Hospital lobbying could sink effort to trim Medicare costs". Axios. 2024.
  28. ^ "ICU Assistant Nurse Manager job in Farmington, MO - Jobs ..." The New York Times. recognized for its design and function by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering
  29. ^ (PDF). Association for the Healthcare Environment website. February 11, 2013 [1986]. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  30. ^ . AHA website. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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The American Hospital Association AHA 3 4 is a health care industry trade group It includes nearly 5 000 hospitals and health care providers American Hospital AssociationPredecessorThe Association of Hospital Superintendents of the United States and CanadaEstablished1898 126 years ago 1898 TypeProfessional associationHeadquartersChicago Illinois 1 ServicesHealth careKey peopleWright L Lassiter III ChairRichard J Pollack President amp CEO 2 Websiteaha org The organization which was founded in Cleveland Ohio in 1898 with offices in Chicago Illinois and Washington D C 5 6 is currently headquartered in Chicago 1 The organization has lobbied against Medicare for All proposals 7 and opposed free care to low income people who lack medical insurance 8 It has also filed lawsuits to stop the U S government from requiring that hospitals make their prices public 3 as well as lobbied against various proposals to reduce health care costs for patients and taxpayers 9 Contents 1 History 2 Activities 2 1 Conventions 2 2 Research and data bases 2 3 Lobbying 2 4 Professional Membership Groups 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIn 1870 there were only about 100 general hospitals in the United States but the institution was growing rapidly 10 Hospital administrators formed an organization The Association of Hospital Superintendents of the United States and Canada which held its first meeting in 1899 in Cleveland Ohio where seven of the eight superintendents in attendance were based 10 The organization was promoted by publisher Del Sutton whose journal The National Hospital Sanitarium Record was adopted by the group in 1900 gradually coming under control of the organization until it was replaced by the organization s own publication The Modern Hospital 11 12 Modern Hospital stopped in 1974 13 In 1906 the organization adopted its present name Membership was 450 in 1908 14 Records of early annual meetings detail some of the conflicts in the emerging hospital culture of Canada and the United States concerning whether hospitals should be governed by physicians or administrators with non professionals representing a heavy majority 15 Current ongoing research into the cost effectiveness of such a decision has focused on increasing disparities and conflicts of business ethics and medical ethics that affect profitability versus patient and public health care 16 as administrative overhead makes up a disproportionate amount of health cost 17 The organization issued a statement in 1964 backing service to all people regardless of race religion or national origin 18 Activities editConventions edit nbsp The 1931 convention was held at the Automotive Building in Toronto AHA the country s largest hospital group 19 held their first annual convention in 1898 20 Research and data bases edit In 1946 the AHA began its Annual Survey of US hospitals building a data base of more than 6 500 hospitals combining more than 1 500 data fields including hospital organizational configuration healthcare worker data hospital resources services provided and financial operations 21 In 1951 the Association announced it would invest 500 000 US in an in depth study of the financing and overall costs incurred by the nation s hospitals The study believed to be the first of its kind attempted to unearth the best ways of offering high quality hospital care at the lowest cost and included an assessment of the financial status of the nation s hospitals The study was managed by a commission chaired by Gordon Gray president of the University of North Carolina 22 Lobbying edit The organization has lobbied or been involved in lawsuits on a range of issues lobbied against Medicare for All proposals 7 and opposed free care to low income people who lack medical insurance 8 filed lawsuits to stop the U S government from requiring that hospitals make their prices public 3 23 During the coronavirus pandemic the AHA American Medical Association and American Nurses Association asked Congress to provide 100 billion in aid to hospitals for coronavirus testing and treatment 24 25 The AHA sued the Joe Biden administration in 2023 after the HHS restricted the ability of health care providers to sell the data of healthcare website visitors to third parties on the basis that selling this data constituted HIPAA violation 26 The AHA lobbied against a bipartisan proposal to reduce the costs paid by patients and taxpayers for services at hospitals The bipartisan proposal would have forced Medicare to pay the same price for the same health care service whether it is provided in a hospital facility or a doctor s office rather than pay twice as much for services provided by hospitals 9 27 Professional Membership Groups edit Professional Membership Groups PMGs are affiliated societies which fall under the umbrella of the AHA American Society for Healthcare Engineering ASHE 28 American Society for Healthcare Risk Management ASHRM Association for Community Health Improvement ACHI Association for the Healthcare Environment AHE 29 Association for Healthcare Resource amp Materials Management AHRMM At Large AHA Membership for Healthcare Management Consulting Professionals Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development SHSMD 30 Institute for Diversity and Health EquitySee also editThe Center for Healthcare Governance The New York Foundation National Uniform Billing Committee Federation of American HospitalsReferences edit a b 2018 Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax PDF Non profit tax return guidestar org August 20 2019 Retrieved April 23 2020 Richard J Pollack President and CEO PDF AHA website Archived from the original PDF on July 24 2011 Retrieved November 20 2013 a b c Kliff Sarah Sanger Katz Margot June 23 2020 Hospitals Sued to Keep Prices Secret They Lost The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 American Hospital Association Responds to Obama Administration The New York Times September 24 2012 American Hospital Association AHA healthfinder gov US Dept of Health amp Human Services August 12 2010 Retrieved November 20 2013 Goodman Clifford 1988 HEALTH Health Planning and Administration In Council on Health Care Technology Institute of Medicine ed Medical Technology Assessment Directory A Pilot Reference to Organizations Assessments and Information Resources National Academies Press pp 524 8 ISBN 0 30903 829 4 a b Pear Robert February 23 2019 Health Care and Insurance Industries Mobilize to Kill Medicare for All The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved June 24 2020 a b David Cay Johnston August 6 2004 Nonprofit Hospital Agrees To Limits on Patient Fees The New York Times a b DeGuzman Phil Galewitz Colleen February 13 2024 In Fight Over Medicare Payments the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength KFF Health News a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b Vogel Morris J 1989 Managing Medicine Creating a Profession of Hospital Administration in the United States 1895 1915 In Granshaw Lindsay Porter Roy eds The Hospital in History Routledge p 244 ISBN 0415056039 Vogel 1989 p 245 American Hospital Association The American Journal of Nursing 24 14 1148 1151 1924 doi 10 2307 3408808 JSTOR 3408808 S2CID 43979542 New Magazines Planned The New York Times February 4 1974 Vogel 1989 pp 244 245 Vogel 1989 p 252 Connie M Ulrich May 25 2014 Doctors Hospitals and Dollars The New York Times Wage gap between hospital executives and doctors is widening study shows Hospitals Back Integration The New York Times March 10 1964 Surprise Medical Bills Cost Americans Millions The New York Times December 22 2020 LINKS HOSPITAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL Dr Bachmeyer Tells Association They With School Form Triad for Welfare of Man OPENS 28TH CONVENTION 5 000 Delegates Are Welcomed at Atlantic City by Gov Moore and Mayor Bader The New York Times September 28 1926 Aizcorbe Ana Baker Colin 2018 Measuring and modeling health care costs Chicago London The University of Chicago Press ISBN 9780226530994 Freeman Lucy September 17 1951 2 YEAR SURVEY SET ON HOSPITAL COSTS Authorities at St Louis Parley Announce Study on Finances and Quality of Services GORDON GRAY TO DIRECT IT Trust Funds Supporting Work How to Lower the Expense of Care Is a Major Goal Grants Will Finance the Study Smoke Routs Hotel Guests PDF The New York Times Evans Melanie 2019 Hospitals Turn to Courts as Lobbying Fails to Block Price Transparency Proposal WSJ Herman Bob March 19 2020 Hospitals ask for 100 billion coronavirus bailout Axios Retrieved June 24 2020 Congress urged to allocate 100 billion to providers in next COVID 19 spending package American Hospital Association US hospital groups sue Biden administration to block ban on web trackers Reuters 2023 Hospital lobbying could sink effort to trim Medicare costs Axios 2024 ICU Assistant Nurse Manager job in Farmington MO Jobs The New York Times recognized for its design and function by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering Bylaws of the Association for the Healthcare Environment PDF Association for the Healthcare Environment website February 11 2013 1986 Archived from the original PDF on January 23 2014 Retrieved November 20 2013 Professional Membership Groups AHA website Archived from the original on August 10 2011 Retrieved November 20 2013 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Hospital Association amp oldid 1211704572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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