January 30, 2023 Report: Hospitals Face Financial Strain during 2022 Hospitals faced their worst financial year of the pandemic, with elevated labor expenses contributing to negative margins that persisted for most of 2022.
January 27, 2023 KFF Analysis: Unwinding Medicaid’s Continuous Enrollment Provision New analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) projects that millions of Americans could lose health coverage with the upcoming unwinding of Medicaid’s pandemic-era continuous enrollment provision.
January 26, 2023 The End of the X-Waiver White House officials this week announced the end of the “X-Waiver,” a move they say will remove barriers to treatment for patients with opioid use disorder.
January 25, 2023 Supporting Pennsylvania’s Blood Supply While the demand for donated blood remains constant, the U.S. continues to face significant challenges keeping up with the necessary supply.
January 24, 2023 5 Takeaways: A New COVID-19 Vaccine Schedule The nation’s vaccine advisors are weighing an annual schedule for COVID-19 vaccines that would be similar to their approach for the flu shot.
January 23, 2023 Survey Finds High Vacancy Rates for Health Care Professionals More than 3 in 10 positions for some of the key professionals who make up patient care teams in Pennsylvania hospitals were vacant at the end of last year, a report released today by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) found.
January 20, 2023 How Rising Energy Costs Challenge Pa. Hospitals Rising energy costs add another layer of pressure on hospitals’ already-slim margins, hospital leaders told the Senate Majority Policy Committee today.
January 19, 2023 5 Takeaways: Cancer Death Rate Drops 33 Percent from 1991 The rate of Americans dying from cancer has continued to trend in the right direction during the past 30 years, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
January 18, 2023 Pennsylvania Hospitals Recognized for Excellence in Patient Safety The Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program honors Pennsylvania’s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of health care-associated infections.
January 17, 2023 HAP Urges Pa. Leaders to Support Behavioral Health Pennsylvania’s elected leaders must take swift action to invest in the commonwealth’s behavioral health care system to ensure patients have timely access to care.