April 06, 2020 Action Alert – Grassroots Mobilization for Health Care Funding As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to have a devastating impact on Pennsylvania and the nation, state legislators have the power to provide significant financial support to ensure that the Pennsylvania health care community has the means to sufficiently respond to the virus and save lives. HAP is actively advocating for additional resources from the state government, and it has become clear that lawmakers want to hear from Pennsylvania health care workers and medical providers in order to take a significant and meaningful legislative step to provide the support to health care providers on the front lines of COVID-19.
April 03, 2020 Pennsylvania’s Treasurer Provides Financial Options for PA Hospitals Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania’s Treasurer Joe Torsella, yesterday announced a program to help Pennsylvania’s hospitals with liquidity during a time when they are ramping up to prepare and provide care. This announcement comes during the same time that hospitals are hemorrhaging revenues that traditionally come from non-emergent and elective care.
April 03, 2020 Trump Administration Rules Against Reopening HealthCare.gov to Uninsured Despite requests from multiple states, including Pennsylvania, the Trump Administration decided against reopening the Affordable Care Act enrollment to uninsured Americans during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
April 02, 2020 Medicare’s “Hospitals Without Walls” Policy Takes Effect Immediately The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a new initiative this week to allow hospitals to care for patients and bill Medicare and other government payors when they provide services outside traditional hospital settings. This allows for the use of ambulatory surgery centers that have canceled elective surgeries to be used for COVID-19 patient care. In addition, other non-hospital buildings approved by the state also can be used to help expand patient care areas.
April 01, 2020 HAP Joins Supreme Court Petition to Delay Civil Proceedings During COVID-19 Pandemic HAP and other organizations representing health care providers issued a letter to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in response to an effort by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the Pennsylvania Defense Institute to re-open pre-trial proceedings against health care practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic.