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Harrisburg, PA (July 3, 2025)—HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings released the following statement about final passage of federal budget reconciliation legislation.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) delivers significant risks to Pennsylvania’s health care system—especially hospitals—and will hurt, not help, our economy.

HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings released the following statement about the U.S. Senate’s passage of budget reconciliation legislation.

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 mental health of mothers in the U.S. is declining, according to a new seven-year study of self-reported physical and mental health released by JAMA Internal Medicine. 

The federal government has highlighted two potential cybersecurity threats that should be on your radar this week.

Pennsylvania is on the verge of fully implementing its vision for a multistate health care workforce.

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital received the Excellence in Care Award for advancing perinatal mental health access among vulnerable populations by streamlining systems and integrating technology.

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s proposed changes to federal budget reconciliation legislation would slash funding to stabilize Pennsylvania’s struggling rural hospitals, undermining recent initiatives by state leaders to protect health care access in rural communities.

Sweeping Medicaid cuts proposed by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee would cost Pennsylvania 94,800 more jobs and $12.8 billion more in lost economic impact over the next decade than budget reconciliation legislation passed by the U.S. House.