Penn State Health-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Reading Hospital in West Reading and St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem were among 13 hospitals in the state of Pennsylvania to be ranked by Newsweek’s list of the World’s Best Hospitals for 2021.

Health care providers associated with Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Accountable Care Organization will receive incentives for meeting health care quality and cost-reduction targets through a new partnership with AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania.

Jan Bergen, president and CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, announced today that she will retire from the Lancaster-based health system in January.

Hospitals across the midstate mostly received high marks in a biannual safety ranking of the country’s hospitals.

With funds from a $9.5 million fundraising campaign, Lancaster General Hospital opened its newest pediatric unit, an inpatient center focused on easing the stress of patients and their families.