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.
December 14, 2022 Federal Lawmakers Make Final Push to Prevent Medicare Cuts A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers—led by a member of Pennsylvania’s delegation—is urging Congress to avert harmful Medicare cuts that would jeopardize access to care throughout the nation.
November 18, 2022 HAP President and CEO Andy Carter to Retire Andy Carter, president and CEO of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) since 2012, today announced his plan to retire by June 30 of next year.
November 16, 2022 HAP’s Year-End Federal Legislative Priorities HAP has issued a call to action to federal lawmakers to prioritize several critical health care policies that support Pennsylvania’s hospital community.
November 01, 2022 A Look at Behavioral Health Challenges across U.S. The U.S. must take action to improve access to behavioral health care and bring treatment within reach of millions of Americans.
October 21, 2022 Growing the Nursing Workforce This week, federal lawmakers introduced new legislation designed to bolster the nursing workforce through accelerated nursing degree programs.
October 07, 2022 The Election Deadlines You Need to Know Whether you’re voting early or in-person, it’s time to get ready for Election Day.
September 26, 2022 A Roadmap for Behavioral Health The concerning rates for mental health and substance use disorders have sparked a call-to-action in Pennsylvania and across the U.S.
August 15, 2022 Roundtable with Rep. Dean Highlights Efforts to Enhance Health Care Worker Safety U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean met today with staff and leaders at Pottstown Hospital – Tower Health and health care advocates to learn more about the rise in violence and abuse against health care workers throughout the nation.