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Read the latest news and statements from CHA
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07/30/2026
On Medicaid's 61st Anniversary, Policymakers Must Strengthen — Not Weaken — This Vital Lifeline
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06/03/2026
Joe Gage named board chair of the Catholic Health Association's Board of Trustees for 2026-2027
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06/02/2026
Message from Pope Leo to Assembly 2026 Attendees
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03/27/2026
A Holy Week Message from Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, President and CEO, Catholic Health Association
Health Progress
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Summer 2026In his role as Trinity Health’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, Dr. Dan Roth frequently leads presentations on artificial intelligence integration in healthcare. They often use a similar descriptive phrase in their titles: Promise and Peril. -
Summer 2026Putting Ethics Into Practice: AI Use in Catholic Health
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare. From predictive analytics and clinical decision support to administrative automation and virtual assistants, AI promises to reshape how care is delivered, experienced and organized. This transformation presents both opportunities and challenges for Catholic healthcare to practice the healing ministry. -
Summer 2026Listening Differently: What Ambient AI Is Teaching Us About Care
In exam rooms across the country, something subtle but significant is changing. At FMOL Health, that change is already taking shape. Clinicians are beginning to practice in a different way, less focused on screens, more focused on patients, while documentation happens in the background. -
Summer 2026Healthcare's Role in Managing the Environmental Toll of AI
Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize healthcare, but its use, from chatbot interactions to radiology image interpretations, carries a steep energy debt that the industry is only beginning to confront. -
Summer 2026AI and the Healthcare Workforce: What's Changing?
Artificial intelligence is already changing the way that many healthcare providers do their jobs. In many doctors' offices and hospitals, AI is working in the background. Computer algorithms scan X-rays and MRIs and flag any urgent issues for radiologists before they view them. -
Summer 2026The Innovation Imperative: Stewardship in the Age of AI
In the Catholic health ministry, we often speak of the "sacred encounter," that profound moment of connection often between a caregiver and a person in need. At its core, this encounter reflects the ministry’s commitment to presence, compassion and dignity in every interaction. Protecting this encounter through compassionate bedside presence and connection is a mission-critical priority. -
Summer 2026From Principles to Policy: Setting Responsible Guardrails for AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how healthcare is experienced and delivered. The Catholic health ministry is using AI tools in countless ways to improve care, from radiology and imaging to precision medicine to surgeon-controlled AI-assisted robotics. -
Summer 2026Editor's Note — Summer 2026
I remember a slumber party as a kid when my friend’s mother dressed as a fortuneteller, all scarves and bangles in a mystical basement setting, and individually told us details of our own lives with spine-tingling accuracy. -
Summer 2026Mission — The Sound of the Genuine: A Call to Human Dignity
I recently overheard a concerning conversation between two people who disagreed over a news story. Their arguments were valid. They passionately represented differing perspectives. But as their dialogue shifted into debate, curiosity disappeared. They were no longer listening. In that moment, they forgot their relationship was one of deep, personal knowing, and instead, invisible lines were drawn — each assigning a partisan label to the other. Walls rose quickly. Fellowship felt impossible. -
Summer 2026Aging — The Future of Older Adult Services in a Time of Disruption
The U.S. is at a critical inflection point in its care for older adults. Demographic challenges are colliding with pressures to control costs, politics are increasingly at odds with economics, and the healthcare system is struggling to understand how it should interact with the social supports many older adults need.
Advocacy Communications
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CHA letters to Congress
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07/31/2026
CHA, USCCB and CCUSA Joint Comments on Community Engagement/Work Requirements in Medicaid
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07/31/2026
Joint Comments with the Partnership for Medicaid on Community Engagement-Work Requirements
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07/28/2026
CHA Summary of H.R. 1's Changes to Medicaid Provider Taxes Proposed Rule
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07/27/2026
CHA Summary of 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule, Part III