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
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Leadership
Perspective: Getting Through This Together
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the AHA has been sounding the alarm for policymakers and government leaders to make sure our field gets the tools and resources we need to win this war.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Leadership, Population/Community Health
Perspective: Standing Up for Our Patients, Communities and Country
The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening our country and straining many hospitals and health systems — and their team members — like never before. We have an awesome responsibility in this national crisis … and our field is stepping up, just as we always do.
Leadership, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Perspective: Our Health Care Heroes Are Driving the Response to Coronavirus
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides perspective on how our country's frontline health care providers are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
Leadership, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Perspective: You’re on the Front Lines of Coronavirus and We Have Your Back
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides perspective on the state of hospital preparedness in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Leadership, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Perspective: Teaming Up to Respond to Coronavirus
Health care is a team sport. Patients benefit when health care teams work together to enhance care coordination. This has taken on an even greater urgency as our country prepares for and responds to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Leadership
Perspective: Meeting the Coronavirus Challenge
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack outlines the steps hospitals are taking to prepare for the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Leadership, AHA Education & Events
Perspective: Only 58 Days Until the 2020 AHA Annual Meeting Begins
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack discusses the organization's upcoming events including the AHA Annual Membership Meeting and the AHA Leadership Celebration.
Leadership, Surprise Medical Billing
Perspective: Making Progress on Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack discusses the current state of surprise medical billing legislation and the challenges that remain ahead before any proposals are finalized.
Leadership, Access & Health Coverage, Medicaid, Medicare
Perspective: Protecting Medicaid for our Most Vulnerable Citizens
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides perspective on Medicaid and details potential cuts to the program which threaten millions of America’s most vulnerable patients.
Emergency Readiness, Infection Prevention and Control, Emerging Pathogens, Leadership
Perspective: Coronavirus — Hospitals and Health Systems Are Ready to Respond
American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack outlines the steps that leaders of hospitals and health systems should take to prepare for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).