Rick Pollack, President and CEO, AHA
Articles
Access & Health Coverage, Advocacy & Public Policy
Uniting to Protect Access to Care for Patients and Communities
After a week’s delay to try to build consensus among Republicans — due in large part to concerns we have been raising about Medicaid cuts — the House Energy & Commerce Committee could begin next week drafting its portion of the budget reconciliation bill as part of President Trump’s agenda to advance tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high income individuals.
Medicaid, Advocacy & Public Policy
America Needs Strong Hospitals to Support Healthy and Thriving Communities
We are continuing our full court press to make the case to lawmakers that enacting significant cuts to Medicaid would jeopardize access to care for the more than 72 million people who rely on the program.
Telling the Hospital Story, Access & Health Coverage, Community Stories, AHA Annual Membership Meeting
Hospitals Are Cornerstones of Communities. We Must Tell Our Stories to Protect Access to Care
We need to talk about protecting access to care by rejecting cuts to Medicaid, additional so-called site-neutral payment policies and harmful changes to the 340B program.
Advocacy & Public Policy
All Eyes on Washington and All Voices Speaking Up to Protect Access to Care
May 4-6, more than 1,000 hospital and health system leaders from across the country will arrive in Washington, D.C., for the 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting.
Budgeting, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Medicaid
We Must Urge Congress to Protect Access to Medicaid, Patient Care and 24/7 Hospital Services
Congressional lawmakers are heading home for a two-week district work period after both the Senate and House passed a revised budget resolution for fiscal year 2025.
Hospitals Against Violence, Workplace Violence, SAVE Act
Protecting Health Care Workers and Communities from Violence
America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope and health. They strive to deliver quality care every hour of every day for everyone and do so in the safest possible environment for patients and care teams.
Medicaid, Access & Health Coverage
A Key Stretch for Urging Congress to Protect Medicaid and Access to Care
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., for a critical three-week stretch in which House and Senate Republicans are seeking to strike a compromise on a common budget resolution that would allow them to start the budget reconciliation process to push through priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Helping Caregivers Tap AI’s Vast Capabilities to Advance Health
America’s hospitals and health systems are incubators of innovation, ideas and medical progress as they are constantly striving to improve patient care and advance health.
Patient Safety Initiative, Quality & Patient Safety, Quality Measures
Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality Care Every Day for Everyone
This week marks five years since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency and related lockdowns across the globe turned the world we knew upside down.
AHA Annual Membership Meeting
Unity, Purpose and Resolve Will Drive AHA’s 2025 Annual Membership Meeting
We look forward to welcoming hospital and health system leaders to our 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., in less than two months.