A series of changes in Medicare over the last month allowing health care providers to receive reimbursements for telemedicine services was something providers thought would take years.

Don McKenna, an executive with years of experience leading health care organizations outside of the state, will lead Penn State Health’s incoming acute care hospital in East Hempfield Township, scheduled to open in 2021.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center confirmed its first fatality from COVID-19 at the Hershey-based hospital Friday night.

Beginning Thursday, Penn State Health will suspend non-essential surgeries due to the growing COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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

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

Penn State Health expects to begin construction on its 129-bed, five-story acute care hospital in Lancaster County in the coming weeks.

WellSpan’s incoming addition to WellSpan York Hospital, an eight-story tower created to expand the hospital’s inpatient services, is not the only major project the system is working on. In fact, the midstate is currently brimming with new projects in the works from all of the area’s major players.

A majority of cancer patients do not seek out clinical trials as their first course of treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the Hershey-based Penn State Cancer Institute.

Penn State Health Medical Group is expanding its Cumberland County footprint with a new primary care office in Upper Allen Township.

When UPMC Pinnacle set out to design West Manchester Township-based, UPMC Memorial hospital, the system laid out its imaging and emergency departments next to one another, and operating rooms were expanded to leave room for advances in surgical equipment such as robotics.

Penn State Health will acquire a pulmonary practice that will allow it to expand its lung disease and sleep disorder care to more of its facilities across the midstate.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s registered nurses trained in sexual assault examination will be offering remote care to patients in rural regions.

Penn State Health finished moving its corporate employees out of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and into its first official headquarters this month.