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CMS is looking to make the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program permanent through a new proposed rule.

Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) says Medicaid coverage losses due to last year’s federal budget reconciliation (H.R. 1) have already started, forcing hospitals to absorb more uncompensated care.

Hospitals are vital community anchors that communities depend on to thrive. That was the resounding message from a panel of statewide leaders who came together during HAP’s Leadership Summit last week to discuss the implications of hospital financial distress for Pennsylvanians and their communities.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center developed the Registered Nurse (RN) Ambassadors Program to address nursing workforce shortages through peer leadership, engagement, and recruitment by bedside nurses themselves.

Hospital leaders are preparing for significant disruption as payment cuts and coverage losses stemming from last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, begin to phase in.  

A third of Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals are at risk of closing as payment for health care services continues to lag behind the cost of delivering care, a national report found.

Day 2 of HAP's Leadership Summit focused on the issues that are front of mind: A growing political divide ahead of the midterms; the potential of artificial intelligence to reimagine care; and a health policy landscape that puts care at risk.

Day 1 of HAP’s Leadership Summit focused on the ways hospital leaders are evolving in response to H.R. 1 and a difficult health policy landscape.

Health care continues to be plagued by “miscellaneous errors” that are exposing the sector to data breaches.

UPMC is expanding workforce development efforts through its “Pathways to Work” program, focusing on creating career “on-ramps” into high-demand health care and skilled trade professions. The initiative combines job navigational support, paid apprenticeships, training programs, mentorship, and collaborations with workforce investment boards.