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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.

The CDC has confirmed more than 1,600 cases nationwide of a gastrointestinal illness that can cause severe illness, and another 5,100 cases are under investigation.

The 2026–2027 state budget includes additional funding for a grant program to support Pennsylvania’s workforce pipeline for health care and other in-demand careers.

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) today reacted to passage of the 2026–2027 state budget.

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.

People without a trusted health care provider to answer health questions are more likely to believe common myths about vaccines, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll.

Here’s a look at some of the upcoming legislation coming to the Pennsylvania General Assembly that’s on our radar.

CMS began covering certain GLP-1 medications through a new Medicare pilot program that launched this month.

The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health last month advanced a HAP-endorsed bill to streamline prior authorization for Medicare advantage plans.

Over 3 million Americans, including nearly 80,000 Pennsylvanians, have dropped coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces this year.