The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania IssuesCharity Care Guidelines for its Hospitals

August 16, 2004 The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Issues Charity Care Guidelines for its Hospitals The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) announced on July 27, 2004, that it had issued a set of guidelines addressing charity care, financial aid, and collection practices for its member hospitals. “Hospital care and hospital financial practices are fraught with complexity,” said HAP President and Chief Executive Officer Carolyn Scanlan. “These charity care guidelines provide Pennsylvania hospitals with another tool to help them implement policies that are easily available to, and understood by, their patients and communities." The charity guidelines incorporate . . .