Good Samaritan sells dialysis center to DaVita
Good Samaritan Health System has sold GSH Dialysis Inc., an outpatient dialysis center at 440 Oak St., Lebanon, to DaVita.
Newsmakers: Senior Care
Business featured this week: Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania
Newsmakers: Health Care
Business featured this week: Aligning Forces for Quality-South Central PA
Newsmakers: Associations
Businesses featured this week: LeadingAge PA, Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise
Ephrata Community Hospital, WellSpan Health confirm affiliation plans
Ephrata Community Hospital and WellSpan Health today confirmed affiliation plans first announced last November.
Focus Dynamics Consulting, Millan TecNet Systems to merge
Dauphin County companies Focus Dynamics Consulting and Millan TecNet Systems are planning to merge, Focus Dynamics President Robert M. Brandt said.
Awards
Businesses featured this week: Gannett Fleming, Lanco Federal Credit Union, PennDOT, Pennsylvania Bar Association , S. Dale High Family Foundation, Shippensburg University
Editorial: Geisinger deal just icing on Holy Spirit’s well-made cake
Health care systems across the midstate are making significant capital and strategic investments. It's all aimed at keeping themselves strong and preserving options for patients while maintaining the highest standards of care.
Report: 40 percent of Americans spending more on health care
While some people are spending less, a much larger percentage of Americans are spending more this year on health care.
AllBetterCare growth prompts second location
AllBetterCare, an urgent care medical practice started by a team of local emergency physicians in Silver Spring Township in 2010, has opened a second location in Cumberland County.
Rule sets new insurance marketplace appeals processes
Newly finalized rules from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services specify appeal processes for the new health insurance marketplaces that differ for individuals and businesses.
Geisinger: Holy Spirit is different from other deals
Geisinger Health System, which announced today that it is pursuing an affiliation with Holy Spirit Health System, has been reaching out to a number of hospitals and health systems in the past few years.