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
Workforce, Medicare, Medical Education/Teaching Hospitals, Workforce Education, Nurses, International Staff
Hospital Workforce Shortage Crisis Demands Immediate Action
AHA member hospitals and health systems are committed to supporting the health care workforce. We support lifting the cap on Medicare-funded physician residencies; boosting support for nursing schools and faculty; providing scholarships and loan forgiveness; and, expediting visas for all highly trained foreign health care workers.
Leadership, Advancing Care Conference, AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, AHA Leadership Summit, AHA Annual Membership Meeting
Perspective: Advancing Health through Collaboration and Sharing Knowledge
Collaborating on key issues affecting hospitals and the health care system. Creating solutions to some of the biggest health care challenges impacting our country. Connecting with colleagues from across the country to share knowledge, ideas and support as we work to advance health in America.
Leadership, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers, Workforce, Advocacy & Public Policy
Blog: New York Times’ Opinion Video Badly Mischaracterizes the Many Workforce Challenges Hospitals and Health Systems Face
The American Hospital Association responds to the New York Times Opinion Video "We Know the Real Cause of Crisis in Our Hospitals. It's Greed." For two long years, the dedicated women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems have experienced firsthand the overwhelming impact of COVID-19. They have worked tirelessly and courageously day in and day out to care for patients in their communities.
Leadership, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers, Workforce, Advocacy & Public Policy
New York Times’ Opinion Video Badly Mischaracterizes the Many Workforce Challenges Hospitals and Health Systems Face
The American Hospital Association responds to the New York Times Opinion Video "We Know the Real Cause of Crisis in Our Hospitals. It's Greed." For two long years, the dedicated women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems have experienced firsthand the overwhelming impact of COVID-19. They have worked tirelessly and courageously day in and day out to care for patients in their communities.
Workforce, Leadership
Perspective: Workforce Remains the Top Priority and Challenge for 2022
Turn on the TV or open a newspaper these days and you’re likely to see a story that isn’t “news” at all to our stressed and burned-out care providers. The headline: They need help so they can continue helping others.
Leadership, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers, COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
Perspective: Saying Thanks for the Positive Impact You Make Each and Every Day
As we reach the end of year two confronting a hopefully once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, caregivers are understandably tired from giving their all to care for patients, comfort families, save lives and protect communities.
COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement
Perspective: Progress on Stopping Cuts to Hospitals … Still More Work to Do
This week Congress passed legislation to stop a number of harmful cuts to Medicare payments for hospitals, physicians and other providers that were scheduled to kick in at the beginning of next year.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Leadership, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Perspective: Urge Congress to Stop Cuts to Hospitals, Advance Key Priorities
With the calendar turning to December, Congress finds itself in a familiar position: a long to-do-list, impending deadlines and facing uncertainty over how things will play out.
Workforce, COVID-19: Organizational Preparedness and Capacity Planning, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Supporting the Health Care Workers Who Supported All of Us
Health care is, at its core, people caring for people. But the pandemic has strained our health care workforce like never before. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that hospital employment decreased by almost 100,000 from February 2020 to September 2021, and 30% of health care workers have considered leaving the profession during the pandemic.
Leadership, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Perspective: Giving Thanks for America’s Health Care Workforce
For nearly two years, our nation’s hospitals and health systems — and the gifted, dedicated women and men who lead them — have fought back relentlessly against a once-in-a-century pandemic.