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
Affordable Care Act
Perspective: Latest ACA report card — saving lives and improving health outcomes
Rather than subjecting the nation to yet another polarizing debate on health care, there’s a better way.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Perspective: Demystifying AI’s role in the future of health care
This is just one way AHA is working to help hospitals and health systems transform and advance health in America.
Leadership, AHA, Medicaid DSH, Advocacy & Public Policy, Innovation, Mergers & Acquisitions
Perspective: Engaging members to shape the future
At this year’s National RPB, we set out to build on our last RPB conversations; do a deep dive on key and emerging issues; refine our strategies on price transparency; develop options to address concerns relative to Medicare Advantage plans; and advocate for action on major policies that affect us in terms of current issues being debated on Capitol Hill such as surprise billing, Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital and site-neutral payment.
Hospitals Against Violence, Community Violence, Leadership
Perspective: Stopping gun violence starts in the community
As cornerstones of your communities, hospital and health system leaders have the unique authority to lead initiatives to reduce the risk for violence and advocate for advancing health.
Mergers & Acquisitions, AHA
Perspective: New research confirms that hospital mergers reduce costs and enhance quality of care
Hospital mergers and creating “system-ness” is sometimes misunderstood as being motivated to gain leverage to increase prices. Such claims are clearly off base.
Making Healthcare More Affordable, Quality & Patient Safety
AHA responds to New York Times column
A recent New York Times column relies on several seriously flawed studies to make extremely broad claims about the care hospitals and health systems provide and the role they play in their communities.
Palliative Care
Perspective: Prioritizing Palliative Care
Chronic diseases affect 133 million Americans of all ages, including 12 million adults and 400,000 children who have serious illnesses. By 2025, nearly half the population will have one or more chronic conditions.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Community Violence, Surprise Medical Billing, Medicare DSH
Perspective: Gearing up for a busy September on Capitol Hill
There will be three issues before Congress next month that could greatly affect our field: surprise medical billing, the planned Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts and prescription drug pricing.
Advocacy & Public Policy
When it comes to advocating in Washington, our members make the difference
Advocacy comes in many forms, from working directly with Congress by providing issue briefings, testifying in hearings, and commenting on draft legislation; providing key data and information to legislators; serving as teachers and educators to lawmakers and their staffs; working with regulators in key departments and agencies; building grassroots coalitions; and being involved in the political process.
Rural issues, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
Perspective: Ensuring access in rural America
Improving rural health is an AHA priority because we truly cannot advance health in America without keeping our rural communities strong.