A State College-based contractor embroiled in one of the largest prevailing wage criminal cases on record, plead no contest to theft and will be paying over $20 million in stolen wages to over a thousand Pennsylvania workers.

Since Highmark Inc. began offering its value-based reimbursement program for primary care physicians in 2017, the Pittsburgh-based insurer says it helped its members avoid more than $1 billion in emergency department visits and hospital admissions.

Those insured through Cigna health insurance will continue to have in-network access to UPMC Pinnacle providers, facilities and hospitals after the entities renewed their contracts for another year.

Pennsylvania’s employers continue to favor self-funded insurance plans and more employers than ever are offering their employees Health Savings Accounts to pay for qualified medical expenses, according to a recent survey.

Conestoga Eye, an ophthalmology practice in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, has transitioned almost all of its first interactions with patients to online visits.

Danville-based Geisinger Health Plan added Penn State Heath to its network of providers last month.

State and federal officials criticized the most recent legal challenge against the Affordable Care Act and the lawmakers endorsing the erasure of the Obama era legislation in the State Capitol’s main rotunda on Wednesday.

I’d like to take a moment to clarify a question involving health insurance plans accepted at UPMC Pinnacle surrounding the recent developments in the relationship between UPMC and Highmark in Western Pennsylvania.

You won’t get very far screaming at the person on the other end of the phone.