HAP Blog

For close to ten years, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has embraced an emergency management (EM) program, supporting organizations across the commonwealth before, during, and after crisis. HAP’s EM program has evolved during this time to include not only association members but also partners in the health care system.

The Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace turns five this year. 

As chief financial officer, I am responsible for the financial sustainability of Meadville Medical Center, a medium-sized hospital in rural Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

In terms of health and well-being, rural Pennsylvania and urban Philadelphia have all too much in common, including high rates of child poverty and mortality, food insecurity, and chronic disease.

Pennsylvania needs some commonsense reforms to protect against prior authorization red tape that can keep patients from getting the health care they need when they need it.