Surgery Center of Lancaster, a 17,000-square-foot surgical center of 26 surgeons, was recently purchased through a partnership of the center’s owners, Penn State Health and ValueHealth. 

Area insurers have rolled out their Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for 2022, boasting a wide range of offerings for a growing base of Medicare beneficiaries seeking new options in the space. 

For Midstate businesses finding success as diverse hirers, company-wide diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals have become less like objectives and more like a part of their DNA. 

AAA Central Penn members now have access to shop, quote and enroll in a variety of Medicare health plans through Harrisburg-based URL Insurance Group. 

Senior housing, health care and community services trade association, LeadingAge PA awarded $98,000 in workforce grants to nine of its members on Thursday. 

The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association has come up with a rather clever way to combat the nursing shortage in the state - they’re going to make more.  

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is holding a public comment period for a package of proposed nursing home regulations for new construction, alterations and renovations of skilled nursing facilities. 

Pennsylvania’s hospitals generated $155 billion in economic activity in 2020, while taking a $6.5 billion loss, according to a recent report by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP). 

A recent survey of 18 Pennsylvania-based nursing homes, assisted living communities and personal care homes showed that respondents lost 18% of their workforce as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s new 15,500-square-foot outpatient center, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Lincoln, opened in Clay Township, Lancaster County on Monday. 

Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center opened Friday morning after breaking ground in early 2019. 

Adams County-based Littlestown Area School District’s 300 teachers, administrators and support staff can access their primary care provider online and at their own convenience through a new health care option offered by WellSpan Health. 

Cresco Labs, a Chicago-based wholesaler of cannabis products and a multistate operator of medical marijuana dispensaries, has agreed to acquire three Cure Pennsylvania dispensaries for $90 million. 

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is expected to release its new rule requiring businesses with over 100 employees to require their workers to be fully vaccinated or mandate weekly COVID-19 tests next week. 

Rite Aid may be moving its headquarters from Camp Hill, Cumberland County to Philadelphia but thanks to its new remote-first initiative, the pharmaceutical chain plans to expand its corporate team of 700.