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.

I’d like to take a moment to clarify a question involving health insurance plans accepted at UPMC Pinnacle surrounding the recent developments in the relationship between UPMC and Highmark in Western Pennsylvania.

UPMC and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro are heading back to court in their battle over a consent decree requiring the Pittsburgh-based health network to take patients insured by Highmark Health.

In arguments before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday, an attorney for UPMC said it is not possible to extend a consent decree between the health system and insurer Highmark, despite efforts to make the agreement last longer.

Two school districts in the Lehigh Valley are challenging the tax-exempt status of two major hospital networks in an effort to force the nonprofits to pay property taxes.

After losing a round in Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is appealing to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over his bid to extend a consent decree governing the relationship between UPMC and Highmark.

In a motion filed Tuesday in federal court, the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania said a lawsuit brought by the attorney general could have unintended consequences for health care in the state if it is upheld in Commonwealth Court.