WellSpan Health leaders took a proactive approach by fostering relationships to secure necessary resources to care for communities and staff, including a partnership with Letterkenny Army Depot near Chambersburg.

Nine of this year’s Central Penn Business Journal’s Women of Influence and Circle of Excellence honorees have something in common: They’re graduates of one of Leadership Harrisburg Area’s programs.

While protesters gathered at the state Capitol Building for a second time to call on Gov. Wolf to reopen the state, a single truck pulling a digital billboard provided a counter point to the event.

Hospitals are the front line for providing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet there is a lack of partnership with the Pennsylvania state government to protect hospitals, health care workers and the communities they serve. Throughout this pandemic, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania has worked in partnership with the Department of Health ...

Independent medical practices have overhauled how they offer in-person visits to protect their staff and patients from contacting COVID-19, but if patients don’t return soon to their providers, many small clinics – some say 30 to 50% -- could face closures by the end of the summer.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is investigating several nursing homes for criminal neglect of patients and residents.

Two recent public opinion surveys suggest most Pennsylvanians approve of the Wolf administration’s efforts to contain the coronavirus and prioritize extended social distancing efforts ahead of reopening the economy.

WellSpan Health’s executive leadership will be taking pay cuts to help fund a program for the York-based system’s employees hit hardest by the pandemic.

Friday's disclosure amounts to only a portion of what was requested in an April 30 subpoena from lawmakers, which included all interdepartmental memos relating to the March 19 closure of non-life-sustaining operations and the waiver process allowing certain industries to continue in-person functions.

Employers who layoff or furlough their staff could be subject to fines through the Affordable Care Act if they fail to offer those employees health coverage.

More than 150 independent physicians will receive incentives based on the quality of their service through a new partnership with Hartford, Connecticut-based Aetna.

Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, has proposed legislation that would provide approximately $500 million to hospital systems to help lower the rate of COVID-19 related deaths in nursing and personal care homes.

Regional urgent care provider Patient First is offering telehealth appointments for its patients in Pennsylvania, and drive-up COVID-19 testing at a number of its locations in the state.

Springettsbury Township, York County-based K2 Kinetics is working with Apple to design new equipment that will help accelerate the manufacture of COVID-19 test kits for hospitals across the country.

An executive order signed by Gov. Tom Wolf offers health care providers immunity against medical malpractice suits related to treatment of COVID-19. The immunity is granted to any individual licensed, registered or certified to practice health care in the state.