March 20, 2023 How States are Handling the End of Continuous Medicaid Enrollment We are less than two weeks away from the end of continuous enrollment in Medicaid (MA) and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
March 07, 2023 HAP Statement on Governor’s Budget Proposal The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) today reacted to Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposed 2023–2024 state budget.
February 21, 2023 The Need to Reform Pa.’s Health Care Regulations Bringing Pennsylvania’s regulations into the 21st century will support hospitals, the health care workforce, and patient access to care across the commonwealth.
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 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.
January 11, 2023 Shapiro Announces Key Health Appointments Governor-elect Josh Shapiro today announced nominations for five key health leadership positions in his administrative cabinet.
January 09, 2023 Top Priorities for Pennsylvania’s Health Care Providers Pennsylvania’s newly elected state and federal leaders have an important opportunity to advance health care across the commonwealth, especially to improve access to behavioral health.
December 30, 2022 HAP Year in Review: The Biggest Stories from 2022 This year saw plenty of new COVID-19 developments, but we saw several other important topics come to the forefront as well, including a growing focus on health care cybersecurity, the behavioral health crisis, hospitals’ financial strain, and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.