Senior Vice President, Public Policy Analysis and Development
American Hospital Association
Ashley B. Thompson is senior vice president of public policy analysis and development for the American Hospital Association, a position she has held since 2015. In this role, Thompson provides leadership, strategic direction and management in the development, articulation and advocacy of the association’s policy positions. Additionally, she leads the AHA’s formal policy development process, which solicits input from key hospital leaders on issues related to advocacy, public policy and field leadership. Thompson has held various policy roles in the association over her 22-year tenure.
Thompson also served as health policy advisor to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where she was policy lead for Chairman Charles Grassley on Medicare Part A issues, including those related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare and hospice. During her time with the committee, she developed and drafted the Medicare provisions adopted in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including provisions related to value-based purchasing and post-acute care payment reforms.
Additionally, Thompson spent seven years at hospitals and health systems, working in the areas of strategic planning, finance and policy at UChicago Medicine, Endeavor Health and Sinai Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English degree from Bucknell University and her master’s in healthcare administration from the University of Michigan, and she is an alumna of Harvard Business School.
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