The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently awarded AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan its highest accreditation rating and ranked it 33rd nationally of 227 Medicaid health plans evaluated.

Ambulatory surgery centers are still increasingly popular and profitable, but at a slower rate than in the past, according to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

Following the closure of a Monarch Medspa office in Maryland, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is warning customers of the company that they may have been exposed to Group A Streptococcus.

When Dr. Claudette Jatto was getting ready to set up her private practice two years ago, she had no time to waste.

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center earned Magnet status for the second time.

The Pennsylvania eHealth Collaborative extended the deadline for doctors and other health care providers to sign up for one free year of Direct messaging service to Oct. 31.

Charles Dickens provides a great description of the state of health care in the U.S. today: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …”

Pennsylvania has informed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that it will not perform extensive planning on health care exchanges and essential benefits until the department answers its questions.

Susquehanna Township-based AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan now has a bigger slice of Pennsylvania's Medicaid pie.

A report released this week estimated that Medicare reimbursement cuts mandated by the federal Budget Control Act of 2011 could result in the loss of nearly 37,400 jobs in Pennsylvania.

Fiscal year 2011-12 was Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's best financial year ever, Dr. Harold L. Paz said at the annual public board of directors meeting Wednesday.

Cumberland County-based Post Acute Medical LLC reported beating out many competitors to buy a long-term acute care hospital for its Texas and Louisiana subsidiary, Warm Springs.