Penn State Health plans to launch an at-home health care service that includes hospital and skilled nursing care through a partnership with Highmark Health and Nashville-based high-acuity home care company Contessa. 

Area insurers have rolled out their Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for 2022, boasting a wide range of offerings for a growing base of Medicare beneficiaries seeking new options in the space. 

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

An independent pharmacy solution startup funded by five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans is expected to improve medication affordability for patients across the state.

A new Penn State Health primary care practice is opening at Highmark Health’s corporate campus on Center Street in East Pennsboro Township on Monday.

Highmark is extending its waiver on cost-sharing for both inpatient hospital care related to COVID-19 and telehealth visits for members of the Pittsburgh-based insurer to June 30, as opposed to the original end date of March 31.

Highmark members increased their use of telehealth services by 3,400% last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

In preparation for its Medicare product rollout for 2020, Highmark Health ensured that it had the infrastructure to allow all of its Medicare consumers the ability to receive care through telehealth.

Penn State Health and Highmark Health plan to begin construction on a new health practice at Highmark’s corporate campus in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County.

PA Clinical Network, a Harrisburg-based organization consisting of independent physicians, signed a value-based contract with Geisinger Health Plan. Geisinger is the fifth a regional health insurer to partner with PA Clinical Network and its 150 independent physicians, the two groups announced on Tuesday.

Highmark Health announced today that it plans to affiliate with HealthNow New York Inc. – a Buffalo-based insurer operating in 21 New York counties.

Highmark said it will be waiving deductibles, coinsurance and copayments for telehealth services and inpatient hospital care related to COVID-19 through September 30.

Highmark is advancing more than $30 million in payments to primary care physicians through its True Performance reimbursement program.

Highmark members who require in-network, inpatient hospital care for COVID-19 will not have to pay deductibles, coinsurance and copays, effective immediately.