Rick Pollack

Surprise Medical Billing

Perspective: Protecting patients from surprise billing requires the right prescription

It’s critical that you tell your senators and representative to end surprise billing once and for all in a deliberative way that protects patients and ensures access to care.

Leadership

Perspective: Congress needs to hear from you

Your voice matters. Make sure they know where you — and your community — stand. 

Workforce, Leadership

Perspective: Giving thanks for those who save lives, perform miracles and keep people healthy

Thank you for everything you do — throughout the entire year — to advance health in America.

AHA, Data & Insights, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy

Perspective: Knocking down roadblocks to care for patients and providers

Improving prior authorization practices: AHA's call for timely responses, transparent appeals process, and reducing unnecessary complexity and cost.

Access & Health Coverage, Leadership

Perspective: Thanking our veterans for their service

From all of us here at the AHA, thank you to every veteran who has defended our country … and our freedom.

Enroll in Health Insurance

Perspective: One key goal for the next six weeks: Help people sign up for coverage

There’s no better time for hospitals and health systems to help spread the word about open enrollment and help their communities get covered.

Workforce

Perspective: The hospital of the future needs a workforce to match

In order to succeed, we need the best people.

Leadership, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law

Perspective: Reducing the regulatory burden to improve coordinated patient care

By removing outdated barriers to teamwork, hospitals and doctors will be able to advance health in America.

Cybersecurity

Perspective: Protecting hospitals, health systems and patients from cyber attacks

The AHA is proud to be your partner in keeping your data — and your patients — safe.

Price Transparency, Health Insurance, AHA

AHA letter to editor: Insurers key to health care cost transparency

Regarding Modern Healthcare's Sept. 27 editorial: Hospitals and health systems understand — and share — consumers’ frustrations with understanding how much they will be expected to pay for care. And that’s why the field has advocated for solutions.

Hospitals are working to supply information on consumers’ expected out-of-pocket costs. In addition to having counselors to provide information, many hospitals provide some online tools to help patients obtain cost information; others are working to develop them.