Penn State Health will build its second Lancaster County outpatient center at the intersection of Harrisburg Pike and Rt. 30 in Lancaster.

A Lancaster County psychiatrist charged in June with violations of the Drug Act will have his license suspended after pleading guilty to charges that he prescribed potentially dangerous drugs without property oversight, law enforcement officials who investigated the case said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health released updated guidance for when skilled nursing facilities can reopen to visitors and when they should test their staff and residents for COVID-19.

A number of midstate hospitals, including UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, were listed as “equality leaders” for their LGBTQ care policies and practices by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Ritter Insurance Marketing, a Harrisburg-based field marketing firm supporting independent insurance agents, has purchased health benefits agency Secure Benefits Alliance, which Ritter says solidifies its insurance distribution network in the Maryland market.

Penn State Health announced a three-part strategy to support long-term care facilities and nursing homes throughout southcentral Pennsylvania after receiving $22.9 million from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

Saying the COVID-19 pandemic has made the issue more important than ever, Gov. Tom Wolf called on the general assembly to pass legislation for paid sick and family leave time.

WellSpan Health’s new York-based fertility care practice allows providers to collaborate with fertility experts at Lutherville, Maryland-based Johns Hopkins Fertility Center.

To help create more family practice and internal medicine doctors, St. Luke’s University Health Network said it is offering a nearly free medical school education for a select group of students who seek degrees in those specialties.

UPMC plans to expand its Heart and Vascular Institute with a series of changes to its services in Lancaster County.

Camp Hill-based Progressive Dental Concepts formed last year to give area dental care facilities a pool of resources usually unavailable for a standard mom and pop clinic.

Health care providers associated with Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Accountable Care Organization will receive incentives for meeting health care quality and cost-reduction targets through a new partnership with AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania.

Gov. Tom Wolf proposed $325 million in aid for small businesses as part of a statewide pandemic relief package funded by Pennsylvania’s CARES Act allocation. The governor also proposed financing long-term small business support programs by legalizing recreational marijuana and taxing it.

Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center is beginning to take shape in the Wentworth Corporate Center in Cumberland County.

The rush for personal protective equipment, patients unable to seek help at hospitals and varying reports of the incoming wave of COVID-19 created a difficult environment to perform in last March, but Penn State Health predicts a different outcome for a potential second wave.