Find out where HAP stands on key legislative issues:

• Current Issues:
  • Fact Sheet about Hospital Uncompensated Care
  • Fact Sheet about Obstetric & Neonatal Hospital Care Services
  • Interactive Pennsylvania Medicaid Map provides county-level information about the percentage of the Medicaid population and additional demographic details.
  • The Medicaid Connection: Patients, Hospitals, Communities Video (Part 1) shares important facts about the 2.2 million Pennsylvanians who have Medicaid insurance and highlights the critical connection between Medicaid and hospitals.
  • The Medicaid Connection: Patients, Hospitals, Communities Video (Part 2) shares important information about the essential health services and other benefits Pennsylvania hospitals provide in communities across the state.
  • HAP Issue Briefs for 2011
  • Health Reform Implementation - HAP has compiled a list of resources to help hospitals with health reform implementation.
• Look up HAP’s position on bills that have been introduced and enacted in Pennsylvania during the 2011-2012 legislative session.
• Find HAP testimony and comment letters .
• Find all news releases from HAP.

Find out how hospitals continue to improve health care quality and patient safety:

• A short video of Pennsylvania hospitals highlights how the CUSP approach to patient safety has helped improve quality and teamwork in their organizations.
• Pennsylvania Hospital Quality: Achieving More Together provides an overview of the quality and patient safety initiatives being undertaken in hospitals across the commonwealth.
• Find out more about hospital quality and patient safety initiatives in Pennsylvania .
• HAP honors hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care through an annual Achievement Awards program. Find out what hospitals have done to achieve this honor.
• The Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance (PHCQA) is a nonprofit coalition of Pennsylvania health care providers and insurers that work to improve the quality of patient health by developing a consistent, uniform, statewide approach to hospital quality measures.

Learn more about HAP and its member hospitals:

• Fact Sheets provide background information about key hospital and health care issues.
• HAP’s most recent economic impact report, Pennsylvania’s Hospitals Critical to State Economy , demonstrates that Pennsylvania’s nearly 250 hospitals and health systems continue to be critical economic drivers for their communities and the commonwealth.
• Find HAP member hospitals in your district.

Other Resources:

• CareforPA.org - HAP’s public advocacy website that informs those who care about health care in Pennsylvania about key issues impacting hospitals and health care.