UPMC Pinnacle’s new, 43,000-square-foot outpatient center in West Manheim Township, York County will hosue five local practices and four new ones and services to one place.

WellSpan Health will use a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to launch its first mobile dental clinic.

Maintaining personal protection equipment for patients and staff has become a full-time job for independent health care providers who have not received the help from the state that their counterparts in health care systems have.

UPMC Pinnacle was awarded more than $705,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enhance telehealth services at its hospitals.

“These laws will pay a critical role in helping our hospital families feel protected from violence in their workplaces,” said Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

The Rite Aid Foundation is launching a Racial Equity Awareness and Action Initiative to push for progress and sustainable change by donating $1 million to two nonprofit groups - EmbraceRace and United Way.

A bill approved by the House and Senate that would allow health care professionals to remove their last name on photo identification could help protect Pennsylvania’s medical professionals from workplace violence, according to the bill’s prime sponsor.

Pennsylvania’s long term care organizations face the challenge of communicating to new residents and their families that facilities are safe to visit after closing their doors to visitors and prospective residents for months.

Advanced Cooling Technologies in Lancaster has developed and manufactured thermal management technology used in the International Space Station and both communication and defense satellites.

Gov. Tom Wolf will need to expand liability protections to manufacturers, small businesses and more health care providers or risk Pennsylvania businesses refusing to open for fear of frivolous COVID-19 related lawsuits, said a coalition of state associations.

Capital BlueCross will be offering advanced payments to independent health care providers in their network who have seen at least a 40% loss in payments from a loss in patients due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Roxanna Gapstur, president and CEO of WellSpan Health, spoke to the Central Penn Business Journal last week about the system's COVID-19 efforts and how the pandemic has effected its facilities and patients.

Minnetonka, Minnesota-based nonprofit the United Health Foundation donated $750,000 to the Pennsylvania Homecare Association’s Pennsylvania Foundation for Home Care and Hospice to provide personal protective equipment and online training for home care and hospice workers in the state.

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 ...

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.