Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is urging the state Senate to approve legislation that will allow his office to audit contracts associated with pharmacy benefit managers.

Highmark Health and Capital BlueCross, along with 16 other Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations across the country, announced they will be  founding members of a new nonprofit generic drug manufacturer.

An international children’s gym franchise will open its newest franchise in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, early next month.

More than 30 leaders and organizations have been named finalists this year in our 2020 Healthcare Heroes awards. Winners will be announced at a special morning event on March 13 at the Hershey Hotel in Harrisburg, Pa.

Through reference-based pricing, employers set prices for a self-funded insurance plan using Medicare prices as a benchmarking tool. Employers agree to pay providers a certain percentage on top of the average Medicare rate — usually in the range of 125%-200%. For many employers, this means leaving behind their carrier and networks.

'I always select the path that there is something to be learned from each experience and seize the opportunity to grow.'

A majority of cancer patients do not seek out clinical trials as their first course of treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the Hershey-based Penn State Cancer Institute.

Health care providers in Lancaster County can receive funding to grow their mental health workforce through a new program by the Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation.

WellSpan Health opened its latest urgent care center in East Manchester Township on Monday.

Mental health concerns among the LGBTQ population are a pressing issue in the state, according to Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine.

Penn State Health Medical Group is expanding its Cumberland County footprint with a new primary care office in Upper Allen Township.

Employers offering Highmark insurance to their employees now have access to a suite of opioid use disorder educational tools through a national nonprofit.

When UPMC Pinnacle set out to design West Manchester Township-based, UPMC Memorial hospital, the system laid out its imaging and emergency departments next to one another, and operating rooms were expanded to leave room for advances in surgical equipment such as robotics.

Ephrata-based Retreat Behavioral Health will open a mental health and substance abuse treatment center in Connecticut next week.

Pennsylvania Insurance Department officials say the state’s insurance companies do not provide adequate access to health care as mandated by state and federal guidelines, prompting the need for state agencies to institute stronger parity regulations.