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Today is National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to celebrating our democracy.

This year, HAP and Pennsylvania’s hospitals are encouraging staff, patients, and their communities to get ready for the November 5 election.

A key discussion about reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I drug is likely to take place later this year.

The 2025 inpatient prospective payment system fails to reimburse hospitals for the cost of care, a bipartisan group of Pennsylvania’s delegation told CMS.

When it comes to November’s election, most of our attention is focused on the presidential ticket and national issues draw our interest. The reality is state and local elections further down the ballot will matter just as much to hospitals.

The federal government today announced the first steps to create a multi-state social worker licensure compact.

The federal government seeks to advance transparency around hospital and health care pricing by requiring hospitals to post charges online, starting January 1, 2019.

Most everyone needs and uses health care at some point in our lives. We who work in health care are doubly invested: for ourselves and our loved ones when we are sick or injured, and for the patients and communities we serve.

Pennsylvanians, like all Americans, are concerned about how much they pay for prescription drugs.

Health care is undergoing a major transformation as we move from a volume-based model of care to a value-based model. The Triple Aim focus of improved patient experience, population health, and reduced health care costs is appropriate. But not every hospital can get to the destination at the same pace or even in the same way. The challenge is greatest for small, rural providers.