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.

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.

The federal government seeks to advance transparency around hospital and health care pricing by requiring hospitals to post charges online, starting January 1, 2019.

In Pennsylvania, the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace is more than holding its own, despite continued news reports about state and federal policy conflicts and changes. Navigating through all this information can get confusing, even for a health care policy wonk like me!

As lawmakers work to get support for legislation to improve school safety, passing Senate Bill 780 is a great step in that direction.