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The Economic Cost of Cancer

July 11, 2019

Cancer prevention, screening, and early treatment may yield a more profound impact on the economy than previously realized. A new study published in JAMA Oncology estimates that individuals between the ages of 16 and 84 who died of cancer in the United States during 2015 account for more than $94 billion in lost earnings.

HAP’s Achievement Award Spotlight: Fox Chase Cancer Center

July 10, 2019

Hospitals all throughout Pennsylvania are implementing inspiring initiatives to bring better care to their patients. One facility that is making award-winning progress is Fox Chase Cancer Center.

News Release: HAP Commends Philadelphia-area Hospitals, Government, Universities for Coming Together to Respond to Hospital Closure

July 09, 2019

Andy Carter, president and CEO of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), today released the following statement regarding the hospital community’s response to the announced closure of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.

News Release: Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Pennsylvania Hospitals for Cutting-edge Opioid Learning and Action Collaborative

July 09, 2019

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) is honored to announce the formation of HAP’s Opioid Learning Action Network (LAN). The LAN is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which announced last year that it would award $50 million in grants across several states to combat opioid addition. Pennsylvania was selected as the first state to participate in the initiative.

The Effect of Policy Changes on ACA Insurers—A National Perspective

July 08, 2019

As the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains under discussion, new reports are looking at how insurers selling individual plans, despite policy changes, have continued to remain profitable.

RWJF Report Supports Consensus of HAP Collaborative: Housing Is Key to Health

July 05, 2019

Safe, affordable housing should be a top health priority for communities across the U.S., according to the 2019 Annual Message from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The focus of RWJF’s report aligns with the consensus of Pennsylvania stakeholders, convened by HAP this spring, who are working to address housing challenges as important drivers of poor health in the commonwealth.

PA Expands Statewide Health Information Exchange

July 03, 2019

Central Pennsylvania Connect Health Information Exchange, one of the state’s five regional health information organizations (HIOs), is now connected to the PA Patient & Provider Network (P3N). All five of Pennsylvania’s current HIOs are now connected to P3N.

HAP’s Achievement Award Spotlight: Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

July 03, 2019

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health was awarded HAP’s Community Champions 2019 Achievement Award for Aligning Efforts to Fight the Opioid Crisis—a multi-stakeholder, collaborative initiative to reduce the number of deaths from heroin and opioid overdoses in Lancaster County.

Governor Wolf Signs State-Based Health Insurance Exchange Legislation

July 02, 2019

HAP President and CEO Andy Carter joined Governor Tom Wolf, lawmakers, and stakeholders for the signing of House Bill 3, which creates the Health Insurance Exchange Authority to operate a state-based health insurance exchange for individual market plans.

Governor Signs Bills to Streamline the Processing of Physician Assistant Written Agreement Approvals

July 02, 2019

Governor Tom Wolf signed two bills into law that clarify that a third-party delegate can assist in the process of physician assistant agreements under the Department of State’s Pennsylvania Licensing System.

The Challenges of Cancer Care in Rural Communities

July 01, 2019

As part of its efforts to understand and address cancer health disparities, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASOC) examined the cancer incidence and mortality in urban and rural areas.

2019–2020 State Budget Retains Tobacco Settlement Fund Payments for Hospitals; Important Health Care Bills on Way to Governor

June 28, 2019

Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania General Assembly agreed to an almost $34 billion budget for the 2019–2020 state fiscal year. Of importance to hospitals and their patients and communities, the budget ensures programs funded from the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) continue to be fully funded. This includes support for hospitals to care for vulnerable patients through uncompensated care or extraordinary expense payments, as well as funds for CURE grants supporting health research.

News Release: PA Hospitals Support State Budget Deal

June 28, 2019

Andy Carter, president and CEO of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, today released the following statement regarding the state General Assembly's approval of state budget plan that will help to continue to expand access to health care at the commonwealth’s hospitals.

Support Builds for Strengthening Health Care Workforce to Respond to Opioid Epidemic

June 27, 2019

Federal legislation to strengthen the health care workforce serving on the front lines of the nation’s opioid epidemic earned the approval of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee in a legislative mark-up on Wednesday, and will now await consideration before the full House.

HAP, Members Testify in Opposition to Venue Rule Change

June 26, 2019

HAP, members, and stakeholders testified this week in opposition to a proposed change to venue reform. The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) held a two-day hearing about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee proposal to change the medical professional liability venue reform adopted during 2002.

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