health economics

HARRISBURG — Insurance coverage for telemedicine will soon be the rule, not the exception, in Pennsylvania. A bill headed to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY (TNS) — A tiny Jefferson County hospital will be the first clinical practice site for a new medical school that’s taking shape at Indiana...

(TNS) — As tensions with China continue to rise, especially over trade and sensitive technological theft, it is critical that one facet of our nationa...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Olean General Hospital Foundation (OGHF) held its fourteenth annual Golf to Fight Cancer golf tournament on May 22 at the Bartlett C...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is enhancing employee health benefits to make state government more competitive with the private...

HARRISBURG — Concluding a national search the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) announced the appointment of Shelley Riser ...

The American Association of University Women of Bradford (AAUW-Bradford) has given Patricia Huff Stromberg its Outstanding Woman award for meritorious...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Highmark Health has confirmed that it has laid off more employees. There were 98 employees impacted by the latest layoffs including...

PITTSBURGH — Penn Highlands Healthcare and several of its hospitals — including Penn Highlands DuBois, formerly known as DuBois Regional Medical Cente...

DEAR RUSTY: Why, as I continue to work after age 65 and have FICA taxes taken from my check, am I — or anyone — also compelled under the threat of pen...

WASHINGTON — Dr. Muhammed Javed, Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS) board chair and Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) vice chair, joi...

SMETHPORT — Smethport Senior Center will hold a wellness fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 29, Senior Health Fitness Day. There will be blood sugar test...

Pennsylvania House legislators have come out in strong support of maternal doula care with a package of bills affectionately called the “Momnibus.” Un...

HARRISBURG — Congressional leaders singled out workforce shortages and low reimbursement rates as the reason why rural healthcare access is in decline...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A mental health patient in an Eastern Pennsylvania emergency room recently wrapped a towel around the neck of a staffer and dragged...

HARRISBURG — Health care deserts are growing larger in Pennsylvania. “There were 33 hospital closures in the past 20 years, including 15 in the past f...