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This year will be remembered as the next phase of the pandemic response, with Pennsylvania’s hospitals administering millions of COVID-19 vaccines across the commonwealth, treating patients with the virus and other conditions, and grappling with severe workforce challenges amid the emergence of the Delta and Omicron variants.

HAP is asking the General Assembly to consider several proposals to support hospitals as they contend with a staffing crisis on top of a surge in demand for emergency care due to COVID-19 and other factors.

Pennsylvania’s health care system is struggling to quickly place patients with behavioral health needs into the proper level of care outside the emergency department or inpatient setting.

Pennsylvania is facing a “perfect storm” of workforce challenges in health care, as nurses and other staff retire or leave their roles, and hospitals struggle to fill vacancies, a panel of hospital nurse leaders told lawmakers during a committee hearing today.

President Joe Biden today signed a $1.2 trillion plan to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, and other infrastructure needs, as U.S. lawmakers continue negotiations over his larger social-spending agenda.

This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) outlined its updated plan to recruit, retain, and invest in the nation’s health care workforce.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the need to support our health care workforce. This week, the House Energy & Commerce Health subcommittee hosted a hearing about a few of...

Governor Wolf today signed legislation that supports the hospital workforce and allows physician assistants to work to the full extent of their training.

Pennsylvania hospitals remained among the top drivers of local and statewide economies during the 2020 fiscal year (FY) even as financial challenges facing the health care community intensified due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

State lawmakers today advanced key legislation allowing physician assistants to practice to the full extent of their training while removing barriers that delay their entrance into the field.