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AHA Statement for Committee on Education & the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, & Pensions
The AHA and its members are committed to promoting affordability and value to advance the health of our patients. Given the hearing’s focus of reducing health care costs, we provide comments on a number of policies aimed at increasing access to quality care at reduced costs.
Fact Sheet: Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions Can Expand and Preserve Access to Care
The Issue
One of the most important tools that hospitals can use to increase access an
AHA Insights for Business
AHA Insights for Business Explore up-to-date content on the issues that occupy the minds of the nation’s hospital and health system leaders.
AHA Comments on the NLRB’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Re: the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
November 4, 2022
Roxanne Rothschild
Executive Secretary
National Labor Relations Board
1015 Half Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20570-0001
AHA Urges Two Changes to FTC/DOJ Merger Guidelines
As the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice contemplate changes to their guidelines for horizontal and vertical mergers, AHA today urged the agencies to update the guidelines to properly recognize the benefits that hospital mergers produce.
AHA Senate Testimony on “Antitrust Applied: Hospital Consolidation Concerns and Solutions”
Being a member of a health system brings measurable benefits to patients and health system employees: lower health care costs, improved patient care, better access to health care providers, and increased investment in technology and equipment.
New Documentary to Debut in November Expected to Challenge Value of Hospitals
The documentary feature film, INHOSPITABLE, will premiere at the DOC NYC film festival on Nov. 13.
Key Messages on Consolidation
The financial health of the hospital field has been shaken during the pandemic. Health systems have demonstrated benefits. Mergers expand the capacity of smaller and rural hospitals. A focus on hospital consolidation ignores larger market trends. The cost of providing care continues to increase. Critics of mergers too often rely on incomplete evidence. Commercial insurers do not always pass on savings from lower hospital prices.
AHA, Others Urge Congress to Maintain Current Merger Evaluation Framework
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 21 other organizations, including the AHA, urge Congress to maintain the current legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions.