Chief Healthcare Executive July 20, 2023
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In an exclusive interview, he discusses financial and labor challenges, the need to make care more convenient, violence in hospitals, prior authorization, and improving health equity.

Seattle – Even amidst the challenges hospitals are facing, Rick Pollack remains hopeful.

Pollack is the president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, a title he has held since 2015.

During an address to kick off the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit earlier this week, Pollack stressed that hospitals need more federal aid from Washington, as well as more regulatory and legislative support. Hospitals have faced serious financial difficulties and labor shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they are facing more competition from big tech companies and retailers.

Pollack sat down for...

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