To address holes the pandemic poked in the medical equipment supply chain, York medical equipment distribution company Legacy Medical Sales, LLC, partnered with a Turkish manufacturer to make its own products.
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Health Care
Law firm helps companies sort out vaccine objections
Seventy to 90% of a population must be vaccinated to reach “herd immunity” from a contagious viral disease. But not everyone wants the shot in the arm.
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A Conversation With: Brian Rinker, market president for Highmark’s Eastern Pennsylvania Region
Brian Rinker is the market president for the Eastern Pennsylvania Region for Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, based in Camp Hill & Wilkes-Barre.
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Restore opens fifth Pa. medical marijuana dispensary in East Petersburg
Philadelphia medical marijuana dispensary Restore opened its fifth Pennsylvania dispensary in East Petersburg, Lancaster County this month.
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Kairos Health Systems names new president, CEO
Business management consultant and LeadingAge PA subsidiary Kairos Health Systems has appointed a new president and CEO to succeed Jennifer Wimer following her retirement.
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Rite Aid’s Q1 earnings down, but improved over previous year
For its first fiscal quarter ending May 29, Rite Aid Corp. reported a net loss from continuing operations of $13.1 million, or $0.24 loss per share.
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State Senate Banking Committee moved bills addressing health care access, telemedicine, financial services
The state Senate Banking & Insurance Committee sent four bills to the full Senate for consideration.
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Urology of Central PA joins UPMC
Urology of Central PA (UCPA), a urology practice with locations in Camp Hill, Newport and Millersburg and a surgery center in Harrisburg, will be joining UPMC as UPMC Urology of Central PA on July 1.
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The move will allow the center, which has clinics in Gettysburg and Hanover, to stay independent and “have the capital, technology and expertise to grow into the premier cancer care provider in Pennsylvania.
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New pharmacy solution company tackles medication affordability for Highmark-, Independence-insured patients
An independent pharmacy solution startup funded by five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans is expected to improve medication affordability for patients across the state.
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Penn State Health’s new executive vice president, COO to start this summer
A Virginia-based health care executive is set to take the role of executive vice president and COO at Penn State Health this summer.
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OraSure’s rapid COVID-19 antigen test receives FDA approval
It’s the news Pennsylvania’s OraSure Technologies Inc. has been waiting for. It announced today that it has received three Emergency Use Authorizations from the Federal Drug Administration for its COVID-19 rapid antigen tests.
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Lebanon outpatient surgery center offering same-day hip and knee replacements
Patients in need of hip and knee replacements can now receive same-day outpatient care from North Pointe Surgery Center - Lebanon (NPSC-Lebanon).
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Penn State Health imaging partnership looks to standardize care systemwide
Penn State Health is set to replace 70% of the imaging equipment throughout its system in the next five years through a partnership with Erlangen, Germany-based Siemens Healthineers.
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Pennsylvania hospital margins thin following COVID-19
Pennsylvania hospitals saw a 33% loss in operating income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new fiscal report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4).
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