Rick Pollack

President and CEO

Articles

Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement

AHA continues to debunk false claims about COVID-19 deaths and payments

By Rick Pollack

For the last several months, disturbing and unproven theories have gained attention about the death count for COVID-19. We find these erroneous and egregious charges leveled against doctors – which have been repeated during the past few weeks – dismaying, disconcerting and disturbing.

Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, Quality & Patient Safety

Perspective: Keeping Healthy by Getting Necessary Care

By Rick Pollack

Hospitals and health systems have reinvented themselves in many ways to respond to COVID-19. Since March, decades of standard operating procedures have been reexamined, redesigned and refined — all with the goal of saving lives while protecting caregivers and patients’ families during the pandemic.

Cybersecurity, Leadership

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on many things … good and bad … in our country

By Rick Pollack

The good — our society clearly recognizes the vital role our hospitals and health systems play in our nation’s critical infrastructure and how important they are to our communities’ health and safety. The bad — we have seen an increase in the frequency, severity and sophistication of cyberattacks targeting hospitals and health systems.

Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement

Perspective: Righting a Wrong on Provider Relief Fund Reporting Change

By Rick Pollack

While hospitals and health systems — and their brave front-line caregivers — continue to battle the greatest public health challenge of our lifetimes, the Department of Health and Human Services recently made a change to its COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements that could jeopardize access to care for patients and communities.