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Assembly 2026
The Catholic Health Assembly is the premier gathering of Catholic health care leaders. We invite you to join us and leaders from across the ministry June 2-4, 2026 in St. Louis.
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Read the latest news and statements from CHA
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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
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03/26/2026
Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health Convenes Health Care Leaders to Examine the Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Health Progress
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Spring 2026The development of health care systems across the world has been a dynamic process shaped by a myriad of political, economic, social and religious factors. -
Spring 2026Where Mission Meets the Market: Solving Health Care Failures That Hurt People
My first health care encounters came at an early age, not because of a single illness, but because constant medical intervention was woven into the fabric of my childhood. I grew up in a four-generation home comprised of my great-grandmother, my grandfather, my mother, my twin brother and myself. -
Spring 2026Strengthen Disaster Preparedness by Understanding Risk
Emergencies, disasters and catastrophes have been present on Earth since its creation and will continue for however long our planet survives. -
Spring 2026Catholic Health Systems Aim to Break Cycle of Gun Violence and Accidents
Maurice Washington always carried a gun on the streets of Richmond, Virginia. Two of his friends were shot to death in front of him. He served time in prison for armed robbery. When he talks about guns, people listen. -
Spring 2026Making Things Better: Mercy Transforms the Nursing Experience
In my earliest days as a nurse, I learned that care is more than clinical expertise; it’s presence, compassion and empathy. I remember standing beside a mother who, after hours of labor, faced an unexpected cesarean section. -
Spring 2026Access Begins With a Connection: How Simple Innovations Transform Care and Reach the Vulnerable
Across the country, the people who need care most are often the ones who struggle to access it. For Ascension, expanding access is both a health care imperative and an expression of our Catholic mission to honor human dignity and serve all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable. -
Spring 2026'I Have Loved You': Catholic Health Care's Role in Applying Dilexi Te to Medicaid’s New Community Engagement Requirements
As states and health systems prepare for sweeping changes to Medicaid under legislation that passed last year, including new mandatory “community engagement” (work, education, training and related activities) for many adults outlined in H.R. 1, Catholic health care leaders have a distinctive lens to bring to implementation: the moral vision articulated in Pope Leo XIV’s 2025 apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You). -
Spring 2026National Survey Highlights Trends and Obstacles to Professional Spiritual Care in Catholic Health Environments
In the summer and fall of 2025, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) conducted a survey of those working in professional spiritual care within Catholic health ministries in the United States. -
Spring 2026Editor's Note — Spring 2026
This issue of Health Progress focuses on Seeking New Solutions in health care. We delve into several of the major issues affecting health care and society, highlighting policy, programs and approaches that make a positive difference or offer education in areas where health care systems can learn from one another. -
Spring 2026Mission — Go and Do Likewise: A Tradition of Caring for Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters
On Nov. 12, 2025, the seventh edition of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) was officially released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Baltimore. For those of us working in the Catholic health care ministry, this was big news with significant implications for our work.
Advocacy Communications
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CHA letters to Congress
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06/05/2026
CHA Final Rule Summary of Updates to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model
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05/26/2026
CHA Summary of the 2027 Medicaid Managed Care SDP and Medicaid FFS Targeted Practitioner Payments Proposed Rule
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05/22/2026
CHA Summary Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule
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05/18/2026
GVP Research Funding FY27 Joint Letter