August 08, 2022 The Health Care Provisions in the Senate Reconciliation Package The U.S. Senate’s $740 billion reconciliation package includes key health care provisions to ensure health coverage remains affordable for millions of Americans and to address the overall cost of care.
August 02, 2022 What to Know: CMS Hospital 2023 IPPS Final Rule This week, CMS announced its final rule increasing inpatient hospital payment rates 1.1 percentage point above the agency’s original proposal and providing an additional $2.6 billion to U.S. hospitals.
July 28, 2022 Bill to Continue Telehealth Flexibility for Medicare Advances Legislation to continue federal regulatory flexibility that has helped expand access to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic is moving ahead in Congress.
July 27, 2022 Pa. Representatives Join Call for Improved Payments Eight members of Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation joined a bipartisan group of representatives this week in urging CMS to ensure payments to hospitals better reflect the cost of patient care.
July 18, 2022 HAP Urges Congress to Extend ACA Subsidies HAP and a coalition of state health care organizations today urged Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation to preserve the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) premium tax credits that have helped thousands of Pennsylvanians sign up for health insurance.
June 08, 2022 The Financial Pressures Facing U.S. Hospitals U.S. hospitals faced considerable financial pressures during April, with plummeting patient volumes and revenues and expenses remaining high.
June 07, 2022 Federal Legislation Aims to Enhance Health Care Worker Safety HAP is putting its support behind legislation introduced today by a member of Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation that seeks to prevent violence against health care workers.
June 02, 2022 A Focus on Behavioral Health The pandemic has accelerated the need for more behavioral health providers and created barriers for patients seeking care, according to a new report from the American Hospital Association (AHA).
June 01, 2022 HAP Advocacy Letter: Protect Pa. Hospitals from Medicare Cuts HAP and Pennsylvania’s hospital community are urging federal lawmakers to protect hospitals from harmful Medicare cuts that threaten their ability to care for patients.
May 27, 2022 A Proposal to Preserve Tele-Mental Health Care U.S. Senators this week offered a first look at how telehealth could support mental health care after the pandemic ends.