Pa. hospital leaders say health systems on 'brink of disaster'

Pa. hospital leaders say health systems on 'brink of disaster'

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania health care leaders stressed to state senators Wednesday that commonwealth hospitals are at risk of insolvency due to fiscal and workforce instability, burdensome regulations and insufficient reimbursement from government medical insurance programs.

Farry: Public Hearing Highlights Urgent Need to Address Hospital Closures, Staffing Shortages in Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Senate Republicans

HARRISBURG – Sen. Frank Farry (R-6), chair of the Senate Institutional Sustainability and Innovation Committee, led a public hearing today focused on the ongoing crisis facing hospitals across Pennsylvania, including closures, critical staffing shortages and access to specialty care. The hearing, held at the state Capitol, brought together health care leaders and policy experts from across the commonwealth to offer testimony on the structural an…