After a legal fight with Pennsylvania’s top lawyer, UPMC has reached a 10-year deal with Highmark Health, ending a battle over health care access in western Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania's senior citizen population continues to grow, which could help senior-living providers target a larger group of potential residents. Many senior-living communities have been expanding in recent years to meet growing demands from an aging population.

Arielle Weidner, 31, joined ConnectCare3, a service offered to members of Benecon’s self-funded health benefits consortiums and cooperatives, last year as senior director of client wellness and consulting and recently transitioned into her current role.

A lot has changed since 1998, the year that Pennsylvania and 45 states stood up to big tobacco and helped create the Tobacco Settlement Fund, or TSF. Since Pennsylvania hospitals first began receiving money from the fund, it has been used to bolster health care in that state in a variety of ways. Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget plan kept the TSF whole, but The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania is concerned that this year some lawmakers want to use TSF funds to instead pay state debt.

A strong wellness program can be a differentiator for recruitment, reduce the cost of health care benefits and help build a team atmosphere based around healthy choices. However, communicating the benefits and program elements of a wellness initiative can be hard to navigate. Human resources and corporate leadership need to walk a fine line – avoiding sounding paternal, moralistic or even too personal while empowering employees and spurring participation.

WellSpan Health's director of talent acquisition recently agreed to broaden her position to include the oversight of the hospital system’s efforts to improve diversity and inclusivity.

Cannabidiol Oil – or CBD oil as it is commonly called – is hot right now. People are buying it, selling it and investing in it. CBD oil is made from oil in the seeds of hemp plants – whose cultivation was legalized under the 2018 federal farm bill, making the development of CBD-based products easier ...

Geisinger Holy Spirit has been losing market share as competing hospital systems ramp up services in Cumberland County. But despite the challenges, the hospital’s parent, Geisinger Health System, is continuing to invest in the region.

WellSpan Health broke ground Thursday on a cardiovascular health facility set to open next year in York Township.

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled on Friday that Pittsburgh-based UPMC can stop accepting Highmark Health insured patients by the end of the month.

Three neurosurgeons from Penn State Health neurosurgeons will begin practicing out of Geisinger Holy Spirit next month under a new agreement between the hospital systems.

I’d like to take a moment to clarify a question involving health insurance plans accepted at UPMC Pinnacle surrounding the recent developments in the relationship between UPMC and Highmark in Western Pennsylvania.

In his budget address, Gov. Tom Wolf stated to applause, “This proposal asks for no new taxes. Not one dime. Not one penny.” Yet, as the General Assembly combs through the governor’s proposal, we find that there are, in fact, tax increases. One specific tax being proposed by the administration is a “double tax” on ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) like the ones in my district. 

Pennsylvania’s physicians are writing fewer opioid prescriptions while increasing their usage of the state’s prescription drug monitoring program, according to the 2019 Opioid Progress Report.

The CEO of one of Pennsylvania’s largest senior living organizations is leaving in the coming months after 36 years of leadership.