American Hospital Association

American Hospital Association
Predecessor	The Association of Hospital Superintendents of the United States and Canada
Established	1898
Type	Professional association
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Services	Health care
Key people	Wright L. Lassiter III (Chair); Richard J. Pollack; President & CEO);
Website	aha.org

The American Hospital Association (AHA)^[2]^[3] is a health care industry trade group. It includes nearly 5,000 hospitals and health care providers.

The organization, which was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1898, with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Washington, D.C.^[4]^[5] is currently headquartered in Chicago.^[1]

The organization has lobbied against Medicare for All proposals^[6] and opposed "free care to low-income people who lack medical insurance."^[7] It has also filed lawsuits to stop the U.S. government from requiring that hospitals make their prices public,^[2] as well as lobbied against various proposals to reduce health care costs for patients and taxpayers.^[8]

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b 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 & 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.
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[2018_IRS_Form_990-1] "2018 Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax" (PDF). Non-profit "tax return". guidestar.org. August 20, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2020.

[AmHoAsso.NYT2020-2] Kliff, Sarah; Sanger-Katz, Margot (June 23, 2020). "Hospitals Sued to Keep Prices Secret. They Lost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.

[3] "American Hospital Association Responds to Obama Administration". The New York Times. September 24, 2012.

[healthfinder_AHA-4] "American Hospital Association - AHA". healthfinder.gov. US Dept. of Health & Human Services. August 12, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

[5] 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.

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[:2-8] 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)

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