Rick Pollack
President and CEO, AHA
Rick Pollack is president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), the nation’s largest hospital and health care system membership organization with nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care.
Articles
AHA Annual Membership Meeting
Working Together to Advance Health in America
Hospital and health system leaders from across the country next weekend will begin to arrive in Washington, D.C. for the 2023 AHA Annual Membership Meeting
Medicaid, CHIP
As the PHE Ends, Working to Ensure Individuals and Families Have Access to Health Care Coverage
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program are facing the most significant coverage challenge since the passage of the Affordable Care Act 13 years ago.
Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Making Progress on Health Equity … But We Must Do More
One year ago, we asked hospitals and health systems to participate in an important effort – AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap.
Setting the Record Straight, Commercial Insurer Accountability
Washington Post Letter to Editor: Hospitals do more to support those in need
The March 21 Health & Science article “Many Americans — especially those below U.S. poverty level — are buried in hospital bills” missed a major reason that medical debt has increased in our country: the rise of high-deductible and skinny insurance plans that result in larger out-of-pocket expenses for consumers.
Affordable Care Act
13 Years After the ACA: Modernizing the Health Care Laws to Meet Changing Needs
Some of the most impactful laws passed in our country have needed to be revisited and fine-tuned to remain relevant to peoples’ lives.
Patient care and Information, Quality & Patient Safety
Hospitals and Health Systems Can be Leaders in Combating Public Health Misinformation
Hospitals and health systems can play an important role in ensuring patients have trustworthy, accurate and scientifically sound information to help them make the best health care decisions for themselves and their loved ones.
Tax-exempt Status, Community Benefit, Setting the Record Straight
Hospitals and Health Systems More than Earn their Tax Exemption
The international firm EY has looked at how the benefits tax-exempt hospitals provide stack up against their federal tax exemption. Last year’s report showed the spread was 9 to 1 – for every $1 of exemption, reporting hospitals provided $9 of benefit to the community.
Price Transparency, Setting the Record Straight
Setting the Record Straight: Hospitals are Implementing Price Transparency Policies and Helping Patients Understand Costs
Hospitals and health systems are committed to empowering patients with all the information they need to live their healthiest lives. This includes ensuring they have access to accurate information on their costs estimates when seeking care.
Hospitals Against Violence, Workplace Violence, Mass Violence
Hospitals Will Always Offer Healing and Hope as We Stand Up Against Violence
As caregivers and healers, hospitals and health systems are the antithesis of violence. They are in the business of treating patients, healing communities and saving lives.
Advocacy & Public Policy
Working with Congress to Keep our Hospitals Strong and Communities Healthy
The AHA will work with leaders on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and both sides of the political aisle to enact legislation and policies in four areas: Ensure Access to Care and Provide Financial Relief; Strengthen the Health Care Workforce; Advance Quality, Equity and Transformation; Enact Regulatory and Administrative Relief.