July 23, 2025 Court Ruling Holds Significant Consequences for Pennsylvania Health Care, Economy Pennsylvania (July 23, 2025)—Leaders from associations representing Pennsylvania health care providers and businesses released the following statement today about implications that the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s ruling in Hagans v. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania will have on access to care and economic competitiveness across the commonwealth.
July 21, 2025 Report: Access to Rural Obstetric Care is on the Decline It’s clear that mothers benefit from obstetric care but hospital-based services, particularly in rural areas, are getting harder to find, according to a study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
July 17, 2025 Data Highlights Strain on Pennsylvania Hospitals Fewer than half the commonwealth’s acute care hospitals are operating with margins necessary for long-term stability and more than a third continue to operate at a loss, according to data released today by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4).
July 16, 2025 Rural Health at Risk The stakes to preserve rural health care have never been higher, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.
July 11, 2025 HAP Achievement Awards: Phoenixville 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 08, 2025 Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Wait Longer for Post-Acute Care If you are a Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollee, you are more likely to experience a longer hospital stay before discharge to a post-acute care facility compared with traditional Medicare enrollees, according to a new analysis by NORC at the University of Chicago.
July 07, 2025 Pennsylvania’s Multistate Health Care Workforce Launches Today Pennsylvania reached a key milestone today, becoming a full participant in three multistate health care licensure compacts that will support the health care workforce and access to care.
July 03, 2025 HAP Statement on Final Passage of Budget Reconciliation Legislation Harrisburg, PA (July 3, 2025)—HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings released the following statement about final passage of federal budget reconciliation legislation.
July 01, 2025 Five Fast Facts: Big Beautiful Bill Comes at a High Cost for Pennsylvanians’ Health Care and the Economy The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) delivers significant risks to Pennsylvania’s health care system—especially hospitals—and will hurt, not help, our economy.
July 01, 2025 U.S. Senate-passed Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Destabilize Health Care, Communities HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings released the following statement about the U.S. Senate’s passage of budget reconciliation legislation.