Tina Freese Decker, Chair, American Hospital Association

Articles

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Telehealth, Hospital at Home, Medicaid DSH, Medicare

Chair File: The OBBBA and What’s Next for Health Care

The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act will bring big changes to health care. AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack joined me for a Leadership Dialogue conversation earlier this month to talk about the key provisions that apply to health care. If you missed that episode, you can watch the video or listen to the podcast.

Leadership Dialogue, Advocacy & Public Policy, Legal/Regulatory ERM Domain, 340B Drug Pricing Program

Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Legal Advocacy to Protect Hospitals With AHA General Counsel Chad Golder

Chad Golder, general counsel at the AHA, recently joined me on the Leadership Dialogue for a conversation on our current legal environment, what the AHA is doing on behalf of members, and what hospital and health system leaders can do to help.

Supply chain management, Leadership Dialogue, Tariffs

Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Tariffs and Health Care with Brian Pomper and Akin Demehin

In this Leadership Dialogue, I am joined by Brian Pomper, a partner specializing in international trade policy at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and Akin Demehin, vice president of quality and safety policy at the AHA. We discuss tariffs and their potential implications on the health care supply chain.

Leadership Dialogue, Rural issues, Rural Workforce, Medicare, Medicaid

Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center

In this Leadership Dialogue, I’m joined by Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, in Sedalia, Mo. Lori and I discuss working in a “family atmosphere” unique to a rural hospital and navigating the same pressures that face urban hospitals.