News Releases, Reports, and Resources for Media

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Latest HAP News Releases and Statements

May 16, 2024

Report Highlights Role of Pennsylvania Long Term Care Hospitals

A new report prepared by KNG Health Consulting LLC for The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) examines the role of Pennsylvania’s 12 long term care hospitals (LTCH) in the health care continuum and how proposed Medicare payment changes put the care they provide at risk.

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