Beth Feldpush, DrPH

Feldpush oversees advocacy, policy, and communications work for America’s Essential Hospitals. In this role, she provides strategic leadership and advocacy on behalf of safety net health systems. Feldpush directs the association’s federal government affairs portfolio, as well as the organization’s policy development activities. She oversees the association’s internal and external communications efforts. Feldpush also manages the association’s participation in and leadership of coalitions and allied organization activities, acting as a liaison to other trade associations.

Feldpush previously served as a senior associate director for policy at the American Hospital Association (AHA), where she worked on health care delivery system reform and hospital quality and patient safety issues. Prior to joining AHA, Feldpush worked at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, where her work focused on Medicare payment policy, end-of-life care, geographic variation in service delivery, and health care workforce adequacy. She has a doctorate in public health from George Washington University and a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University.