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In an event this week at Penn Highlands Tyrone, Shapiro administration officials outlined the need to fund critical services and provide support to rural hospitals.

Rural Pennsylvanians are faced with many challenges when it comes to mental health care, including access, stigma, economic barriers, poor internet service for telehealth visits, and a shortage of mental health professionals.

The House Health Committee today advanced a bill that would standardize financial assistance forms for Pennsylvania hospitals.

The Pennsylvania House on Monday unanimously approved a bill that would simplify and improve communication of test results to patients.

Hospital emergency departments are on an unsustainable path and need support, according to a new report released today.

Pennsylvania continues to face persistent, health care workforce shortages that strain patients’ access to care, a new survey of the state’s hospitals and nursing homes found. The survey—conducted November 2024 through January 2025 by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), LeadingAge PA, and Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA)—demonstrates the ways patients and residents feel the effects of workforce shortages throughout the continuum of care.

HAP’s Nurse Ambassadors arrived at the state Capitol today with a shared passion for their communities and a central theme for their advocacy: a strong commonwealth starts with strong hospitals.

This week, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed legislation that provides grants to grow health care practitioners in rural and underserved communities.

The state House Republican Policy Committee hosted a hearing this week, focused on ways to alleviate barriers to quality health care for rural residents through the use of technology. The hearing featured insights from the health care community, rural Pennsylvania advocates, and research and development companies.

A new grant program is helping build Pennsylvania’s workforce pipeline for health care and other in-demand careers.