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.

Capital BlueCross CEO and President Gary St. Hilaire will leave the Harrisburg-based insurer next month after guiding it through years of growth to become a major presence in the midstate’s competitive insurance market.

Highmark Blue Shield will be offering a new health insurance product for WellSpan patients as part of a recently announced strategic partnership.

Highmark Health and Capital BlueCross, along with 16 other Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations across the country, announced they will be  founding members of a new nonprofit generic drug manufacturer.

Employers offering Highmark insurance to their employees now have access to a suite of opioid use disorder educational tools through a national nonprofit.

Are you a square peg at home, only to morph into a circular peg in the office? It’s ok to say yes, but very few of us want to admit it. We will confess a seamless demeanor and approach to things in the safety of our homes that we claim is unaltered in the workplace.

A new fitness program created by Highmark Health and Penn State University Athletics, challenges users to complete a set of weekly goals for the chance to win prizes such as Penn State football tickets.

Compared to the generation that came before them, millennials are more likely to be depressed, suffer from type 2 diabetes and abuse illicit substances, according to a report analyzing data collected by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on the 55 million millennials insured by its members nationwide.

After a legal fight with Pennsylvania’s top lawyer, UPMC has reached a 10-year deal with Highmark Health, ending a battle over health care access in western Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled on Friday that Pittsburgh-based UPMC can stop accepting Highmark Health insured patients by the end of the month.