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.

While the General Assembly missed its June 30 budget deadline, essential state services remain operational, and legislative leaders are continuing toward a framework that includes key education, health care, and transportation investments. The Senate is not in session this week, but the House will return to session Monday through Wednesday. HAP is closely monitoring the process and advocating for hospital funding priorities as budget negotiations continue to trudge on.

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.