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The president's spending plan will face partisan opposition. However, he is offering boosts for health programs that are popular on both sides of the aisle.

Biden unveils 2024 budget: Key details on health and research

Several healthcare organizations are urging lawmakers to block looming reductions to a program that aids more than 2,500 hospitals. 

Facing billions in Medicaid cuts, hospitals press Congress for help

Prostate cancer cases have increased after years of decline. Evan Goldfischer, president of LUGPA, talks about the need to increase awareness and outreach.

Pushing for more men, and more Black men, to be screened for prostate cancer

Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Staten Island University Hospital to express thanks for the support of medical providers since Russia’s invasion.



Ukraine president visits Northwell Health hospital 

Advocates want healthcare workers to get federal protection, similar to airline employees. Healthcare leaders say more doctors, nurses and other staffers have been attacked in recent years. 

Bipartisan measure aims to protect hospital workers from violence | Bills and Laws

Beginning in October, a key program offering federal funds to safety net hospitals is slated for a reduction of $8 billion. More than 250 hospitals have asked Senate and House leaders to block the cuts.


As Medicaid cuts draw closer, hospitals look to Congress for help

Advocates for health systems say a CMS proposal is insufficient, as hospitals continue to grapple with higher costs. 

Hospitals push for bigger federal payments for outpatient care

 - After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital leaders must focus on their workers, Rick Pollack says.

Pollack, the president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, sat down for an interview with 

 this week. He talked about the industry’s challenges in a discussion during the 

American Hospital Association’s Leadership Summit

. Many healthcare workers who have made it through the past three years are struggling with burnout. 

“You have to strengthen the workforce,” Pollack says. “Without a viable workforce, hospitals and the healthcare system will simply collapse.”

“We’ve got to make sure we’re caring for our caregivers,” he says.

Pollack also stresses the importance of hospital executives connecting with their state and local lawmakers. He says it’s a critical way for hospital leaders to draw more attention on the impact of insufficient federal aid and other challenges, such as prior authorization.

“A second thing I would really focus on is developing relationships with your legislators at every level,” Pollack says.

“At the end of the day, Medicare and Medicaid are a source of a lot of funding for hospitals and health systems,” he continues. “The regulatory process has a significant impact on everything we do.

“I think it's really important now that we're past COVID to have everybody be visiting their hospitals and inviting their legislators to visit, so they really have an understanding of what we're facing and the challenges that we're facing, so they can be better informed in making the policy choices that they're faced with.”

Dartmouth Health CEO Joanne Conroy outlines rural hospital crisis

Futurist Amy Webb warns of seismic changes ahead for hospitals

The president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, Pollack urges health system executives to focus on caregivers and build connections with lawmakers.

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