As head of the nation’s largest hospital trade association, Pollack oversaw successful court cases fighting cuts to the 340B discount drug program and implementation of site-neutral payments, although both of those cases are pending appeal. Pollack also said in a letter to Modern Healthcare that AHA wants the issue of surprise medical bills to be addressed this year by Congress. AHA recently announced the $50 million AHA Innovation Development Fund that will provide financial and technical support to innovative healthcare startups.