Three neurosurgeons from Penn State Health neurosurgeons will begin practicing out of Geisinger Holy Spirit next month under a new agreement between the hospital systems.

I’d like to take a moment to clarify a question involving health insurance plans accepted at UPMC Pinnacle surrounding the recent developments in the relationship between UPMC and Highmark in Western Pennsylvania.

In his budget address, Gov. Tom Wolf stated to applause, “This proposal asks for no new taxes. Not one dime. Not one penny.” Yet, as the General Assembly combs through the governor’s proposal, we find that there are, in fact, tax increases. One specific tax being proposed by the administration is a “double tax” on ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) like the ones in my district. 

Pennsylvania’s physicians are writing fewer opioid prescriptions while increasing their usage of the state’s prescription drug monitoring program, according to the 2019 Opioid Progress Report.

The CEO of one of Pennsylvania’s largest senior living organizations is leaving in the coming months after 36 years of leadership.

Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously adopted a resolution directing a state panel to study the shortage of mental health care providers in the state, according to a press release from the resolution’s author, state Rep. Jeanne McNeill (D-Lehigh).

Four nursing homes in the midstate were candidates in April for a federal program that targets underperforming facilities, according to a list revealed jointly by Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators, Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey.

Food insecurity and mental distress among Pennsylvania seniors rose over the last year even though most of its older residents regularly see health care providers and many take advantage of federal nutrition assistance, according to an annual report by the United Health Foundation.

The Fortune 500 is out and a number of companies in Central Pennsylvania and the Greater Lehigh Valley have made the cut.

UPMC and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro are heading back to court in their battle over a consent decree requiring the Pittsburgh-based health network to take patients insured by Highmark Health.

Lower Paxton Township-based medical management firm KEPRO intends to lay off about 100 of its Pennsylvania employees by next month, part of a string of layoffs nationwide.

A proposed bill with the power to alter Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation law is designed to benefit first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dentsply Sirona is moving its executive offices to Charlotte, North Carolina, home of its new U.S. commercial hub. The headquarters relocation is not expected to impact its other offices and manufacturing operations in York.

WellSpan Health recently purchased three urgent-care centers in York County from a Maryland company and plans to reopen two of them this summer under its own banner.

Pennsylvania’s top attorney is defending his efforts to make drug-maker Purdue Pharma pay for the way it marketed the painkiller OxyContin to doctors in Pennsylvania.