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 and other state agencies to ...

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.

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.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey says he will introduce the legislation he says would act as a modern G.I. Bill for the country’s health care workers.

Two independent Harrisburg-based specialty care practices are joining UPMC Pinnacle.

High rates of positive COVID-19 cases among minorities in southcentral Pennsylvania led York-based Family First Health to increase the accessibility of testing at its Lebanon health center.

Hospitals in the commonwealth can resume their elective surgeries and procedures if they follow new guidance released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

An organization representing more than 150 independent physicians agreed to a contract with Pittsburgh-based Gateway Health Plan to provide incentives based on quality of service to over 50 private practices.

Pennsylvania hospitals can now apply for loans through a $450 million aid package from the state to help facilities stay above water during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three days into his time as acting CEO at Capital BlueCross, Todd Shamash was promoted to the company’s top leadership role as its permanent president and CEO.

Nurse practitioners finding themselves unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic could have to wait months to wade through state regulations necessary to get back to work.

Seeing the potential threat to Pennsylvania’s seniors living in long-term care homes, associations working with providers had to quickly respond and prepare their members for the worst.

A new online portal to identify the needs of Pennsylvania manufacturers that are, or could, provide products for the COVID-19 pandemic was launched over the weekend by the state Department of Community and Economic Development.