December 10, 2024 5 Things to Know about the Hospital Landscape Heading into 2025 Hospitals throughout Pennsylvania and nationally will start 2025 with evolving challenges and a new political landscape to navigate.
December 09, 2024 U.S. House Lawmakers Call to Protect DSH Funding Congress has less than two weeks to stop critical funding cuts to hospitals that care for millions of Americans who are uninsured or covered by Medicaid.
November 04, 2024 5 Key Changes in Final CMS Payment Rules CMS finalized two payment rules for 2025 late Friday—the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and the Physician Fee Schedule—that contained several notable changes for hospitals and health care policy.
June 03, 2024 What to Know this State Budget Month With the end of the state fiscal year less than a month away, budget talks are heating up in Harrisburg.
April 12, 2024 How Medicaid Enrollment Continues to Change About 23 percent of Americans who were disenrolled from Medicaid since early 2023 report they are still uninsured now, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
March 04, 2024 Federal Spending Bill Includes Key Hospital Priorities Congress has until Friday to reach a deal to fund the federal government, and lawmakers are expected to take up a few key hospital priorities as part of the process.
February 28, 2024 Why Sustaining Rural Hospitals Requires Data Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals are working to transform care in their communities and access to data would support their success.
February 27, 2024 SAMHSA Launches $37 Million in Behavioral Health Funding The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced nearly $37 million in grant opportunities for behavioral health services and new initiatives to enhance funding for behavioral health providers.
February 14, 2024 State Lawmakers Focus on Future of Rural Health HAP and Pennsylvania’s hospital community today called on state lawmakers to take action to support rural hospitals and the communities they serve.
February 09, 2024 HHS Updates Confidentiality Rules for Substance Use Disorder Treatment The federal government has finalized regulations that aim to protect the privacy of patients with substance use disorder, while improving the coordination of their care.