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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.
340B Drug Pricing Program
Chair File: The Importance of Legal Advocacy
Advocacy is such an important part of what we do as hospitals and health systems — and what the AHA does on behalf of our field — to help ensure that we get the resources we need to care for our communities.
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.
Supply chain management, Tariffs
Tariff Implications for American Health Care
A series of tariffs recently implemented could have significant implications for health care.
Leadership Dialogue, Cybersecurity
Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Cybersecurity in Health Care with John Riggi, AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk
I welcomed John Riggi, AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, to our Leadership Dialogue to have a conversation about planning for and navigating cyber and physical threats.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Change Management
Chair File: Resources for Navigating Transformation and Change
Resources for Navigating Transformation and Change
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.
Rural issues
Chair File: Rural Health — Caring for Our Neighbors
Leading a rural hospital can feel like you are battling alone, but together with a unified voice we can advocate for what our rural patients need.
Leadership Dialogue, Quality & Patient Safety, Patient care and Information, Patient and Family Education/Engagement
Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Advancing Health and Building Trust with Lynn Hanessian and Robert Trestman, M.D.
In this Leadership Dialogue, Lynn Hanessian, former chief health strategist for Edelman, which recently released its 2025 Trust Barometer, and AHA Board Member Robert Trestman, M.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic., join Tina Becker Freese to discuss the importance of trust and how it has evolved in recent years.
Community Partnerships, Advancing Health in America, Strategic Planning
Chair File: Building Trust in Today’s Environment
Trust — in one another, our hospitals and health systems, our communities and our government — feels more important than ever.