Rick Pollack

Post-Acute Care

Perspective: Post-acute care is a vital part of health care delivery

America’s hospitals and health systems are committed to improving post-acute care — and patient outcomes — while ensuring changes to the system have the patients’ best interests in mind.

Leadership

Perspective: Celebrating the past by looking to the future

To all our hospital and health system leaders: Thank you for encouraging innovation among your teams…nurturing big dreams for our field…and working tirelessly to advance health in America.

Price Transparency

Perspective: Hitting the right mark on transparency

When the federal government and America’s hospitals and health systems work together, we can make a real difference for patients.

Access to Behavioral Health, AHA

Perspective: Integrating behavioral health to improve patient outcomes

Integrating behavioral health services to treat the whole patient across the continuum of care is vital to improving health in our communities — and it’s just one of the many ways hospitals and health systems are working to advance health in America.

Surprise Medical Billing

Perspective: Protecting patients from surprise bills

Surprise billing has no place in health care and America’s hospitals and health systems are committed to protecting patients from this unfair practice.

Leadership, AHA, Burnout, Physician Workforce, Nurses

Perspective: A playbook for strengthening resiliency

There’s no question that hospitals and health systems face a number of challenges. None is more significant that the need to increase the resiliency of our workforce, particularly among physicians, nurses and other clinicians.
 

Community Benefit

Perspective: Benefiting Our Communities in More Ways than One

Few — if any — can say they benefit the community as much as America’s hospitals and health systems.  On top of delivering around-the-clock care to all who come to us, hospitals and health systems of all types are providing a wide range of comprehensive benefits, activities and services tailored to meet the specific needs of their patients and communities. 

Medicaid DSH, Access & Health Coverage

Perspective: Delaying Medicaid DSH cuts is vital to local access to care

When the many vulnerable members of society need care, they often turn to their local hospital or health system. And we’re better able to care for these patients in part because Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments help cover costs. 

The bad news: Under current law, these payments will be significantly reduced on Oct. 1 and this could threaten local access to care. Hospitals and health systems will face $4 billion in funding reductions in fiscal year 2020 … and $8 billion in fiscal year 2021 — unless Congress acts soon. 

Human Trafficking, Hospitals Against Violence

Perspective: Hospitals are fighting back against human trafficking

Advancing health in America isn’t just about expanding access to care — it’s also about reaching people who need it. We all have to do our part to end human trafficking and help the victims who are suffering because of it.

Emergency Readiness, Infrastructure, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Opioids

Perspective: Investing in infrastructure can advance health in America

Investing in our country’s health infrastructure is the right move to make.