Leadership

Even though Congress has passed several bills that provide some relief for hospitals during the COVID-19 health emergency, more must be done, said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in an interview with Washington, D.C.-based WONK-FM.
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association has elected eight new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its directions and finances.
Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has named John Riggi, AHA senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, to represent the field and the AHA on the agency’s Hospital Robocall Protection Group, which will issue best practices to combat unlawful robocalls to hospitals.
The AHA July 18 issued a statement on the passing of Rep. John Lewis, a long-standing former member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Oversight. Congressman Lewis was a close ally of America’s hospitals and a powerful advocate for the Medicare…
In 2016, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and former Archbishop Desmond Tutu spent one week together in deep discussion about joy. How to obtain it and hold on to it in a changing and often chaotic world.
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) Board of Trustees has selected Wright L. Lassiter, III, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Mich., as its chair-elect designate. Lassiter will be the 2022 chair of the AHA, becoming the top-elected official of the national organization…
If you missed the live event, you can listen to a podcast of Leadership Rounds – the first in a series of short conversations on a range of key issues AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., will have with hospital and health system leaders from across the country.
AHA’s Board Chair Dr. Mindy Estes talked with Dr. Marc Boom, President and CEO of Houston Methodist, about how his hospital has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode of Leadership Rounds was recorded on July 16, 2020.
Join AHA’s Board Chair Dr. Mindy Estes for Leadership Rounds as she discusses key issues with Dr. David Perlstein, President and CEO, SBH Health System. Watch the live stream at 2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. CT/11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. PT, and come back to listen to the podcast…
C. Duane Dauner, who led state hospital associations for more than 50 years — including serving as president and CEO of the California Hospital Association for three decades until 2017 â€” died yesterday in a car accident. He was 80.