August 01, 2023 Federal Advocacy: HAP Calls for Support for Rural Health, 340B Hospitals In a pair of new advocacy letters, HAP called on federal lawmakers to support rural health care and hospitals in the 340B program.
July 31, 2023 2023 HAP Donate Life PA Hospital Challenge Honorees Announced The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) announced today the health care teams being honored this year for championing organ, eye, and tissue donation within their hospitals and communities.
July 28, 2023 Achievement Awards Spotlight: UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital HAP's annual Achievement Awards honor hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care. The Achievement Awards showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ successful programs and best practices.
July 27, 2023 Launching HAP’s Racial Health Equity Learning Action Network Pennsylvania’s hospital community, representatives from government and commercial payors, and other health care stakeholders convened today to kick off HAP’s Racial Health Equity Learning Action Network (RHELAN).
July 26, 2023 Soaring Temperatures Prompt Pa. Health Warning Pennsylvanians should brace for high temperatures and humidity that could make it feel hotter than 100 degrees this week, state officials said.
July 26, 2023 A Push to Improve Access to Mental Health Care The Biden administration this week announced new rules that seek to improve coverage for mental health and remove barriers to care.
July 25, 2023 A Look at the Cost of Coverage in 2024 Medicaid redetermination, inflation, and the return to “normal” after the pandemic could all affect the cost of health coverage next year, according to a new report from the American Academy of Actuaries.
July 24, 2023 The National Plan to Address the Pfizer Plant Tornado Damage The FDA said it does not expect there to be immediate significant impact to the U.S. drug supply stemming from the recent tornado damage at Pfizer’s Rocky Mount, North Carolina facility.
July 21, 2023 Achievement Awards Spotlight: Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital HAP's annual Achievement Awards honor hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care. The Achievement Awards showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ successful programs and best practices.
July 20, 2023 The 988 Lifeline One Year Later More than 80 percent of Americans are not familiar with the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline a year after its launch, but calls to the new federal hotline continue to increase.