health economics

States and the federal government spent $4.3 billion on Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of patients who were already insured in other states, accor...

As the old saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and in my decades of experience in healthcare that absolutely rings true. T...

When COVID-19 first tore through our nursing homes five years ago, I’ll never forget seeing the photo Shanrika Nelson, a certified nursing assistant a...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean General Hospital (OGH), a Kaleida Health facility, announced it has received certification from DNV as a Primary Stroke Center. OG...

DuBOIS — Dr. Trina Abla, system chief medical officer at Penn Highlands Healthcare, testified recently during a public hearing of the Senate Majority ...

Pennsylvania’s elected officials are examining — and addressing, to some extent — the trending topic of rural healthcare access. At a recent public he...

DuBOIS — Through a $150,000 grant from the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Penn Highlands Healthcare has a new state-of-the-art operatin...

The Guthrie Clinic has proudly provided access to high-quality care throughout rural Pennsylvania and New York. As president and CEO of this system, I...

DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...

DuBOIS — Leaders from Penn Highlands Healthcare joined members of the Greater DuBois Chamber of Commerce this week to cut the ribbon marking the offic...

HARRISBURG — In over five hours of questioning, House lawmakers drilled down on a vast array of issues under the purview of Pennsylvania's largest - a...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — After adding more than $1 billion to its anticipated Medicaid costs this year specifically for Ozempic and similar weight-loss drug...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Aging has received flat funding for the past six years. Before the House Appropriations Committee, Secretary Jason Kavu...

Taxpayers spent $74.5 million to help develop the prostate cancer-fighting drug Xtandi, but its sky-high sticker price is limiting access to patients ...

HARRISBURG — "We all just need a little break. It’s been a tough hearing,” said Department of Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen toward the end of her t...

DEAR RUSTY: I have reached my full retirement age (66 plus 8 months) and plan to apply for Social Security this month, but I’ve seen articles that say...

The Bradford Hospital Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bradford Regional Medical Center, hosted its first local in-person event since the COVID pa...

DuBOIS — The use of telemedicine dates back to the late 1950s and 1960s when NASA developed telemedicine technology to monitor the health of astronaut...

Starstruck adulation is the last response you would expect rational, compassionate people to give to the acts of a cold-blooded killer. But such is th...

The looming possibility of federal cuts to Medicaid would hit rural areas in the region particularly hard, according to a study by the Georgetown Univ...