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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 ...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare announced Douglas Winner has joined the health system as its new chief financial officer (CFO). In this role he wil...

Aging in place is so important to many older Pennsylvanians and their families. The same can be said for parents who wish to care for their physically...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson announced the Dickinson Center Building Project in St. Marys as the recipient of a $750,000 grant from the Appal...

HARRISBURG — Among a flurry of bills signed into law recently, Pennsylvania has taken a step in reducing the barriers created by non-compete agreement...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Geisinger Medical Center will begin work next year on an $880 million expansion at its flagship Montour County hospital, which will...

PITTSBURGH — About a year and a half ago, my pharmacist approached me as I was picking up prescriptions at Spartan Pharmacy to ask me if I knew what a...

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...

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...