About Us

The Safety-Net Association of Pennsylvania is the state’s leading voice for hospitals that play the most prominent role in serving low-income and medically vulnerable residents of the commonwealth, many of whom are served by Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program. These 37 safety-net hospitals provide a significant proportion of care to the state’s one million uninsured residents and its 3.2 million Medical Assistance recipients. Because of the patients they serve, these Pennsylvania safety-net hospitals face a significant and continuing challenge to their financial health.

All of these safety-net hospitals serve unusually large numbers of low-income Pennsylvanians, but they are diverse in several important ways: they are large, small, and medium-sized hospitals; among them are community hospitals, teaching hospitals, children’s hospitals, and academic medical centers; they can be found in urban, suburban, and rural areas located in the eastern, western, and central parts of Pennsylvania; and they are located in 23 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.

Mission

The mission of the Safety-Net Association of Pennsylvania is to ensure the continued viability of Pennsylvania’s safety-net hospitals in the communities they serve by:

  • educating Pennsylvanians and policy-makers about the role, status, and future of safety-net hospitals in the commonwealth;
  • promoting progress in health care policy by developing creative initiatives based on sound research and analysis
  • building consensus with others who are concerned about access to health care for low-income Pennsylvanians; and
  • advocating vigorously for rational policies that help safety-net hospitals care for all Pennsylvanians.

Members

  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  • Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby
  • Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
  • UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
  • UPMC Magee-Womans Hospital, Pittsburgh
  • UPMC McKeesport, McKeesport
  • UPMC Mercy, Pittsburgh
  • UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh
  • UPMC Somerset, Somerset
  • UPMC Susquehanna Sunbury, Sunbury