With Right Approach Employees Can Revive Those Fitness Resolutions
Most employers would love to see their employees make good on those New Year’s fitness resolutions because, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes
Using technology to improve health care experiences and lower costs
Technology solutions increasingly allow partners in the health care model to improve care access and outcomes while reducing costs
How Youth Mental Health Impacts the Adult Workforce
A mental health crisis among America’s children might not seem like a workplace issue at first glance.
Closing the Gap: Steps Toward Health Equity
Health disparities are a harsh American reality that increase illness and cost lives.
A STRATEGY FOR LIVING WELL: How Highmark Blue Shield is bringing to life a simpler, more personalized and proactive health experience.
Healthcare doesn’t have to remain a fragmented, bureaucratic, and costly puzzle for payers, providers, and patients, driven mainly by illness and health crises.
Five Things to Know About the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency
May 11 will mark a milestone in the fight against COVID-19, bringing an official end to the federal public health emergency (PHE) that started in early 2020 when the virus began its deadly spread.
ERGs Help Build ‘Inclusive Culture for Everyone’
CEO Joseph Wilson and Xerox’s Black employees ultimately launched the National Black Employees Caucus in 1970, forming what is widely regarded as the nation’s first Employee Resource Group, or ERG.
Casey introduces bill to bolster home care workforce
U.S. Senator Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania, introduced legislation Thursday that would expand access to home health care by providing more funding towards paying better wages to those that work in the industry.
Pa. health access gets $10M boost
State Sen. Art Haywood, D-Montgomery/Philadelphia, last week announced $10 million in funding for statewide mobile and community clinics to support health access in Pennsylvania.
UPMC hosting virtual career fair next week
UPMC is hiring for clinical and non-clinical positions across its footprint. After a successful spring event, the UPMC Virtual Career Fair will return Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to offer job seekers information and opportunities for every kind of career within UPMC.
Capital Blue Cross partners with Mark Cuban for lower drug costs
According to a September 2021 Gallup poll, 18 million Americans have been unable to afford at least one prescription medication for their household, and 1 in 10 Americans have skipped doses to save money.
Nursing candidates get temporary practice permits more quickly
Improvements to Pennsylvania’s nurse licensing process will allow new nursing school graduates to more quickly obtain a temporary practice permit as they study for their nursing exams, the state recently announced.