Union retirees and Caterpillar Inc. are sparring in court to determine who will pay for health benefits for retired workers and their spouses.

Cumberland County-based Select Medical Corp. reported second-quarter net income of $21 million, down from $33.9 million for the same period last year.

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION:

Should medical workers, such as nurse practitioners and dental hygienists, have more primary-care responsibilities as defined under Pennsylvania's new health-care law? Why or why not?

HealthSouth Diagnostic Center of Lancaster has a new owner and a new name.

Second Street in downtown Harrisburg closed between Market and Walnut streets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today as various organizations from across the state celebrated the Americans With Disabilities Act Unity Day.

Giant Food Stores and its operating company, Tops Markets, raised a total of $1.5 million for Children’s Miracle Network through a golf tournament held yesterday, according to Giant.

Drayer Physical Therapy Institute of Hummelstown has acquired South Carolina-based Orthosport Physical Therapy for an undisclosed price. Orthosport's two centers in South Carolina, in Hilton Head and Bluffton, will remain open.

Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank’s inventory of O-positive and O-negative blood yesterday fell to emergency levels, so the organization is calling for people with those blood types to donate.

A Swedish firm looking to lift its business in the United States has acquired a substantial stake in an Ephrata company.

Bolstered by an infusion of cash from a venture-capital firm, a fast-growing Cumberland County health-care services firm has moved to a larger home in downtown Harrisburg.

A new rehabilitation hospital is set to open in Lancaster County June 25.

A law firm with ties to the midstate is stepping up its efforts to help hospitals become environmentally friendly.

The Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center plans to hold a public Board of Directors meeting from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

Cumberland County-based McKonly & Asbury has formed an affiliate company to offer employee-benefits consulting and brokerage services.

Anchor-Duncannon, a Wormleysburg-based development group, is scheduled to begin work June 18 on a $3 million building that will house Holy Spirit Hospital’s Duncannon Family Health Center and Duncannon X-Ray and Mammography Center.