“These laws will pay a critical role in helping our hospital families feel protected from violence in their workplaces,” said Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

Heisey: Capital BlueCross continues to make strategic investments in technology that are making it easier for people to choose coverage, monitor the use of that coverage, and make smart decisions about their overall healthcare.

The acquisition of Affiliates Clinical Services, PC, became official July 1. The practice has been renamed St. Luke’s Psychiatric Associates – Phillipsburg.

Tower Health of Reading said it will open three new Tower Health Urgent Care facilities.

Rite Aid recently eliminated 254 corporate office positions as it looks to reduce cost amid growing COVID-19 related expenses.

A bill introduced in the state Senate would remove zero tolerance DUI penalties for Pennsylvania medical cannabis license holders and require proof the driver was impaired while driving.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is creating a new organization to run its community clinics, most of which are located at Lehigh Valley Hospital and 17th and Chew streets.

The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown has joined a group of other organizations around the country suing the Trump Administration over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services action to remove LGBTQ people and other populations from the protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and other bases.

Pennsylvania’s long term care organizations face the challenge of communicating to new residents and their families that facilities are safe to visit after closing their doors to visitors and prospective residents for months.

Pennsylvania is one of three states of the country that have had a downward trajectory of COVID-19 cases for more than 42 days, Gov. Tom Wolf announced during a press conference on Wednesday.