Rick Pollack

Emergency Readiness

Perspective: Committing to Care and Preparedness

Our thoughts are with the women and men of the hospitals in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia now, and in the days to come, as they deal with this massive storm and its aftermath.

Regulatory Relief, Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law

Perspective: Making Regulatory Relief Real

There is a lot of focus today on health care costs, and what can be done to contain them. One sure-fire strategy? Reduce the regulatory burden that is drowning providers in red tape and adding costs to the system.

Opioids

Perspective: Action Needed to Fight Opioid Epidemic

The health care community’s efforts alone are not enough to stem the tide of the opioid epidemic. We need more help from the federal government.

Trustee Services, Innovation/New Models of Care

Perspective: Trustees – A Key Ingredient in Innovation

It’s no secret that health care is changing – rapidly. And how hospitals and health systems respond to the challenges of today will determine how well they can seize the opportunities of tomorrow. Helping the field navigate this transformation is a key AHA priority.

Regulatory Relief

Perspective: The Role of Regulatory Relief in Improving Affordability

We need our government partners to step up and help reduce costs – especially the costs related to the heavy administrative burden faced by health care providers, costs unrelated to delivering patient care.  

Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law, Hospital Value-based Purchasing

Perspective: Time to Make Stark Work for 21st Century Care

It’s been well established that the health care system is moving from a fee-for-service world to one where payers reward value over volume. This requires care coordination and providers across the health care continuum working together to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
 

Making Healthcare More Affordable

Perspective: Focusing on Affordability

Bending the cost curve to make care more affordable is a complex challenge. But it is a challenge that hospitals and health systems are tackling head on.

Workforce, Leadership

Perspective: Honoring the Unsung Heroes of Yesterday and Today

Health care is full of unsung heroes. Millions of women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems are working every day to improve the health and lives of their neighbors and communities

Workforce Diversity

Perspective: Moving from Diversity to Inclusion

We all want to feel included – that we are part of a community that supports and nurtures us.

However, many, if not all, of us have had experiences where we haven’t felt part of the broader group. Why? Because we were seen as “different” or “other.” 

But here’s the truth: What makes us different makes us stronger, as individuals and as a community. So we need to support and embrace those differences, while continuing to look for similarities. 

Opioids, Advocacy & Public Policy, Opioid Use Disorder, Access to Behavioral Health

Perspective: Making Progress Against the Opioid Epidemic

We were pleased to see the House of Representatives this week move forward dozens of bills designed to address aspects of the opioid epidemic that costs more than 100 American lives each day and continues to ravage communities across the nation.