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
Regulatory Relief
Perspective: Talking Regulatory Relief With Seema Verma
We know that every day America’s hospitals and health systems—and other health care providers—are faced with the daunting task of complying with a growing number of federal regulations.
Make no mistake about it—we understand the need for “responsible” regulation—that ensures public accountability in meeting the highest standards of care … and improves the beneficiary experience.
Access & Health Coverage, Uncompensated Care
Community benefits go far beyond charity care
In addition to providing high quality care 24/7, hospitals and health systems provide enormous value to their local communities. Charity care, which is care provided for free or at reduced prices to low income patients, is only one part of how a hospital benefits its community.
Care Delivery
Keeping the promise — always there
The women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems showed selfless dedication, honed skills and compassionate caring in dealing with the natural and manmade disasters that rocked the nation in 2017.
HIPAA, Regulatory Relief
Making Progress on Regulatory Relief
The AHA are for a number of additional regulatory relief steps that can further remove regulatory barriers to better care. They range from aligning quality reporting across all programs and prioritized to focus on “measures that matter” to expanding Medicare coverage of telehealth services that help extend care to patients.