The rush for personal protective equipment, patients unable to seek help at hospitals and varying reports of the incoming wave of COVID-19 created a difficult environment to perform in last March, but Penn State Health predicts a different outcome for a potential second wave.

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.

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.

WellSpan Health’s executive leadership will be taking pay cuts to help fund a program for the York-based system’s employees hit hardest by the pandemic.

Starting Sunday, employers must require all employees and customers to wear masks at work, under an order issued today by state Health Secretary Rachel Levine. The order also requires companies to provide masks for workers, and deny entry to customers who are not wearing one.

When Erin Zakin got the message that she’d be working from home for the foreseeable future, she wasn’t worried.

WellSpan Health confirmed on Monday that an employee at its WellSpan York Hospital tested positive for COVID-19.

Area hospitals are looking at which of their employees can work remotely and how many employees their departments need to still operate.