Articles
Physician Leaders
Perspective: AHA Physician Alliance Means Greater Teamwork
By Rick Pollack
The AHA Physician Alliance provides new resources and services to support a common language and shared leadership among all health care leaders.
AHA Annual Membership Meeting, Advocacy & Public Policy, Advancing Health in America, Redefining the H
Come to the AHA Annual Membership Meeting
By Rick Pollack
When hospital and health system leaders from across the nation come to the 2018 AHA Annual Membership Meeting, May 6-9, in Washington, D.C., they will make their voices heard on Capitol Hill.
Regulatory Relief
Perspective: Talking Regulatory Relief With Seema Verma
By Rick Pollack
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
By Rick Pollack
Charity care spending flat among top hospitals (January 6, 2018) gives readers an inaccurate and incomplete picture of how hospitals and health systems provide tremendous benefit to both patients and their communities, and do so while facing many challenges in delivering care.
Care Delivery
Keeping the promise — always there
By Rick Pollack
As they always do in times of crisis, 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. For example:
HIPAA, Regulatory Relief
Making Progress on Regulatory Relief
By Rick Pollack
The sheer volume of regulations on the books and the scope of change required in meeting them are outstripping the hospital field’s ability to absorb them. Fortunately, there has been growing recognition of this fact from the Administration and those on Capitol Hill, along with some measurable progress.