Ephrata-based Retreat Behavioral Health will open a mental health and substance abuse treatment center in Connecticut next week.
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Health Care
State seeks to increase access to mental health care
Pennsylvania Insurance Department officials say the state’s insurance companies do not provide adequate access to health care as mandated by state and federal guidelines, prompting the need for state agencies to institute stronger parity regulations.
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Schreiber Center awaits zoning approval for new expansion
Schreiber Center for Pediatrics is awaiting zoning approval to expand its Lancaster County outpatient facility.
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New hospitals join Pennsylvania’s Rural Health Model
Eight more hospitals across the state will be joining a state initiative created to help rural hospitals receive the funding they need to stay open.
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PSECU named on of PA’s healthiest workplace cultures
The American Heart Association recognized PSECU (Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union) with a Silver Level status for its success in creating a healthy workplace culture.
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Workforce plan expects growth in health care, construction jobs; decline in manufacturing
From now until Jan. 21, state officials are accepting comments for Gov. Tom Wolf’s federally mandated four-year workforce development plan, which seeks to coordinate the efforts of the state's educational institutions, economic development programs and employers of the region’s major industries to create a pathway to optimal employment.
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UPMC expands gastroenterology practice to Hanover
UPMC Pinnacle’s gastroenterology practice now offers its services in Hanover.
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Pa. adds $5 million to help physicians who treat opioid disorders
The state has allocated an additional $5 million in federal funding for a loan repayment program for health care practitioners who treat substance-use and opioid-use disorders. The increased funding, announced Dec. 20, is available to health care practitioners who work in areas with high opioid-use and a shortage of health-care options.
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Penn State Health expands pulmonary care with new aquisition
Penn State Health will acquire a pulmonary practice that will allow it to expand its lung disease and sleep disorder care to more of its facilities across the midstate.
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New WellSpan app could improve patient-doctor communication
Five WellSpan Health practices will adopt software that lets patients give secure information to their doctor through their phone.
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Appeals court: ACA mandate unconstitutional, but did not rule to overturn
A federal appeals court ruled that an Affordable Care Act requirement that mandated Americans to purchase health insurance was unconstitutional, but did not rule on whether to overturn the act, known as Obamacare.
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Lancaster lab accepting applications for health care startups
Eight health care startups will show their products to a team of insurance and health care experts at the Smart Health Innovation Lab in Lancaster next year.
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Congress shores up pension, health care benefits for coal miners
Retired Pennsylvania coal miners will see their retirement and health care benefits preserved thanks to a bipartisan, end-of-year federal government spending deal announced this week.
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Economic study: PA hospitals employ 10% of state’s workforce
Hospitals accounted for one out of 10 jobs in Pennsylvania and contributed some $60.5 billion to the state’s economy, according to a report released by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
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WellSpan Health increases its pregnancy care offerings to Medicaid patients
For the past year, expectant mothers seeing WellSpan Health obstetricians have had the option to reduce their doctor visits through a service offered by a Washington D.C.-based tech company.
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