health economics

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) As Pennsylvania residents began 2025, several new laws took effect, including expanded access to health care and pay raises for top...

DEAR RUSTY: I'm 72 years old with 20 years of military service. I am retired collecting Social Security, my military pension and state retirement bene...

An estimated 3 million New Yorkers on Medicaid or the state-run Essential Plan don’t have incomes low enough to be using the programs, according to a ...

When will the reduction of services at Bradford Regional Medical Center end? And what will be left in the Interstate Parkway facility? Those are just ...

Medicare Advantage was supposed to save taxpayers money when it was created in 2003. Instead, it costs the government 22% more per enrollee than tradi...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — UPMC in its most recent financial disclosure blamed a $371 million operating loss on increased medical utilization and rising pharm...

Not to be confused with UPMC, Universal Primary Care — or UPC — will soon expand its services in the Bradford area. Currently, UPC occupies a small cl...

HARRISBURG — For Pennsylvanians, there are a few days left to complete the Maternal Health Strategic Plan Survey, part of the Shapiro administration’s...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, or PHC4, has released the third and final volume of its annual report on the finan...

Dr. Jennifer Rogers has been named the chief medical officer (CMO) of Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital (OGH),...

Oct. 15 marked the start of Medicare’s annual open enrollment period. Seniors can choose to stay on their current plan or switch to a new one. But thi...

PITTSBURGH — Adagio Health announced the launch of its new “Closing the Gap: Health Equity for Women Veterans in Rural PA” project, an initiative desi...

A hospital executive from an integrated system in Maine and New Hampshire — and who has experience leading hospitals in north central Pennsylvania — h...

HARRISBURG — The surge of undocumented immigration in the U.S. strains resources far beyond the border, leaving many areas grappling with mounting pre...

WASHINGTON — Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period began Tuesday and runs through Dec. 7. This window offers Medicare beneficiaries the chance to review...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It’s a simple thing, but often overlooked: Medicare Advantage plans are government Medicare benefits provided through for-profit in...

Florida hospitals spent $566 million providing care for illegal immigrants in the last six months of 2023, according to a recent report{/a} from the s...

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, presented the second bi-annual 2024 Golden Stetho...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Health is currently accepting grant applications to continue improving and building the Emergency Medical Services (EMS...

Pennsylvania is in the midst of a mental health crisis. This health emergency isn’t just occurring in one county or region — it’s happening across the...