Find out where HAP stands on key legislative issues:

• Federal Budget: HAP remains concerned with potential reductions in federal payments to hospitals:
  • Protect Hospital Payments in the Federal Budget (video - November 2012)
  • HAP’s Federal Deficit Reduction web page includes resources related to the impact ongoing federal deficit reduction discussions have on Pennsylvania hospitals and the communities they serve.
    
• 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:

• 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.
• Contact information for HAP's Legislative Services department

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.