Pennie, Pennsylvania’s official online health insurance marketplace, is now open to all state residents to apply, compare plans, and enroll in high-quality health coverage.  

Harrisburg-based Ritter Insurance Marketing, an independent marketing organization specializing in Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage plans, is being purchased by Integrity Marketing Group LLC, a distributor of life and health insurance and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions.

Highmark Blue Shield’s senior medical director, Dr. Tim Law, spoke to the Journal about how the pandemic impacted Highmark as a payer and what the telemedicine space looks like for payers today. 

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. 

Pennsylvania hospitals saw a 33% loss in operating income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new fiscal report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4).

Harrisburg-based Kepro, a private company contracted by over 30 states to monitor complaints, discharge appeals and more for Medicare programs, announced the acquisition of a Harleysville, Montgomery County-based independent medical review services company.

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.

A dramatic increase to Medicare reimbursements for telemedicine services that allowed health care providers to receive payment for services they provide online, could continue after the public health emergency is over.

A new Medicare payment model being tested on three midstate EMS agencies will offer more options for caring with patients covered under Medicare

Three midstate ambulance care organizations will participate in a new Medicare payment model that incentivizes transporting a patient with Medicare outside of hospital emergency departments.