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Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Holds `Virtual' Press Conference on the Economic Impact of Pennsylvania's Small and Rural Hospitals

Thursday, September 18, 2003

    When:  September 25, 2003
           9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

    How:   Call-in number: (800) 247-5110  Passcode: HAP0925
           Additional questions may be submitted from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00
            a.m.
           Phone: (814) 863-5037 or ekiehl@haponline.org

    Who:   Pennsylvania's small and rural hospitals

The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) will release specific data showing how small and rural hospitals are a primary economic driver throughout the state. Statewide, Pennsylvania's hospitals annually contribute more than $33.9 billion to the state's economy. The hospital state budget cuts reach deep into this and other communities that depend on the services hospitals provide and the economic benefits associated with hospitals.

Participants in this announcement will include: Carolyn F. Scanlan, president and chief executive officer, The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania; David Acker, chief executive officer, Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport; and Kent Hess, president and chief executive officer, Clearfield Hospital.

The call is designed for the media to:

    -- Gather information on the economic impact of small and rural hospitals
       across Pennsylvania-both directly and indirectly.
    -- Understand the effects of the hospital state budget cuts on small and
       rural hospitals across Pennsylvania.
    -- Ask questions about the impact these cuts will have on their local
       hospitals and the public.

HAP encourages health care and business reporters to participate.

Media is asked to register prior to the "virtual" press conference to ensure that enough conference lines are available, though registration is not required to participate. To register send an email at ekiehl@haponline.org, by 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 24, 2003 with your name, affiliation, and phone number. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Eric Kiehl directly at (717) 561-5342 or via email.

    Contact:  Eric S. Kiehl
              Director, Communications
              Work: (717) 561-5339
              ekiehl@haponline.org

SOURCE The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania

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