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America's Essential Hospitals
America's Essential Hospitals (formerly the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems) is an industry trade group that represents about 250 hospitals that fill a safety net role in their communities. The association, a nonprofit (501(c)(6)) organization based in Washington, DC, formed in 1981 as the National Association of Public Hospitals.〔America's Essential Hospitals. (About America's Essential Hospitals. ) Retrieved 2014-08-23〕
A board of directors and committees composed of member volunteers govern America's Essential Hospitals. The association lobbies at the federal level on Medicaid and other issues important to hospitals that care for large numbers of uninsured, underinsured, and other vulnerable patients.〔Commins, John. (Safety Net Executives Renew Call to Preserve DSH Payments. ) HealthLeaders Media. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2014-08-23〕〔Cheney, Kyle. (Experts suggest Medicaid expansion could enroll 8 million. ) POLITICO. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-08-23〕 In 2013, America's Essential Hospitals reported that it paid $120,000 in lobbying expenses to Holland & Knight.〔Center for Responsive Politics. (Lobbying spending database - America's Essential Hospitals, 2013. ) Retrieved 2014-08-23〕
America's Essential Hospitals operates a nonprofit (501(c)(3)) research organization, Essential Hospitals Institute (formerly the National Public Health and Hospital Institute), which conducts various research and quality improvement activities. Institute projects include the Essential Hospitals Engagement Network, one of 26 hospital networks in the federal Partnership for Patients program to improve patient safety and reduce avoidable readmissions.〔Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (Hospital Engagement Networks. ) Retrieved 2014-08-23〕
On June 20, 2013, the association announced that it had changed its name to America's Essential Hospitals and the name of its research arm to Essential Hospitals Institute. The new brand, the association explained, emphasized its members' relationship to vulnerable patients and, through trauma and other specialized care, communities at large.〔Kravetz, Ayesha. (Hospital association name change highlights essential services. ) FierceHealthcare, 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2014-08-23〕
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