WellSpan Health is partnering with Pittsburgh-based managed care organization Gateway Health Plan in a move the two organizations say will lower health care costs for Gateway’s 24,000 Medicaid members living in South Central Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC’s president and CEO of 15 years is set to step down from his position next week after 48 years with the health system—he will be succeeded by Leslie Davis, a health care executive with 17 years of experience at UPMC.

(CNN Business)It's an experience millions of Americans have had: you go to the doctor, get a prescription, take it to the pharmacy and get hit with a staggering bill, sometimes running into hundreds of dollars even if insurance covers a part of the cost.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s vice president of nursing, acute and ambulatory care will be taking on a new role as the Hershey-based hospital’s senior vice president and chief nursing officer.

In an effort to tackle a nationwide nurse educator shortage, PA College of Health Sciences announced a new Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education starting this fall.

Penn State Health’s outpatient pediatric primary care facility in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, completed a move to a new 7,500-square-foot location.

St. Luke’s Health Network will be the official health care provider for the 2022 U.S. Senior Golf Championship in June 2022. 

To address holes the pandemic poked in the medical equipment supply chain, York medical equipment distribution company Legacy Medical Sales, LLC,  partnered with a Turkish manufacturer to make its own products.

Seventy to 90% of a population must be vaccinated to reach “herd immunity” from a contagious viral disease.  But not everyone wants the shot in the arm. 

Brian Rinker is the market president for the Eastern Pennsylvania Region for Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, based in Camp Hill & Wilkes-Barre.

Philadelphia medical marijuana dispensary Restore opened its fifth Pennsylvania dispensary in East Petersburg, Lancaster County this month.

Business management consultant and LeadingAge PA subsidiary Kairos Health Systems has appointed a new president and CEO to succeed Jennifer Wimer following her retirement.

For its first fiscal quarter ending May 29, Rite Aid Corp. reported a net loss from continuing operations of $13.1 million, or $0.24 loss per share.

The state Senate Banking & Insurance Committee sent four bills to the full Senate for consideration.

Urology of Central PA (UCPA), a urology practice with locations in Camp Hill, Newport and Millersburg and a surgery center in Harrisburg, will be joining UPMC as UPMC Urology of Central PA on July 1.