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The concerning rates for mental health and substance use disorders have sparked a call-to-action in Pennsylvania and across the U.S.

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.

The U.S. Senate’s $740 billion reconciliation package includes key health care provisions to ensure health coverage remains affordable for millions of Americans and to address the overall cost of care.

This week, CMS announced its final rule increasing inpatient hospital payment rates 1.1 percentage point above the agency’s original proposal and providing an additional $2.6 billion to U.S. hospitals.

Legislation to continue federal regulatory flexibility that has helped expand access to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic is moving ahead in Congress.

Eight members of Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation joined a bipartisan group of representatives this week in urging CMS to ensure payments to hospitals better reflect the cost of patient care.

HAP and a coalition of state health care organizations today urged Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation to preserve the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) premium tax credits that have helped thousands of Pennsylvanians sign up for health insurance.

U.S. hospitals faced considerable financial pressures during April, with plummeting patient volumes and revenues and expenses remaining high.

HAP is putting its support behind legislation introduced today by a member of Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation that seeks to prevent violence against health care workers.