Between March and July, Pennsylvania hospitals experienced $5 billion in losses resulting from a sharp decline in patient volume and despite federal relief fund payments.

Earlier this year, St. Luke’s Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine Dr. Raymond Durkin, MD, and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery Dr. Stephen Olenchock, DO, inserted a newly FDA approved Sapien 3 ULTRA aortic valve into 76-year-old Luis Delarosa’s original diseased heart valve using a catheter introduced through a small incision in his groin.

The expansion of a medical device company in Limerick Township is expected create around 243 jobs in the Montgomery County region.

OraSure Technologies has developed a saliva collection device that’s been included in an FDA emergency authorization grant to a Syracuse medical diagnostic development company for COVID-19 lab testing.

A federal judge this week denied Gov. Tom Wolf’s motion to uphold limitations on in-person gatherings while administration officials work to appeal a Sept. 14 ruling that said some of the governor’s COVID-19 mitigation orders were unconstitutional.

While any Pennsylvanian who wants or needs a COVID-19 test can request one from providers and labs, the state announced the new four tier prioritization plan to help public health officials, health care providers and laboratories know who to test first.

Pennsylvania is replacing Healthcare.gov with its own website where people can purchase health insurance that complies with the Affordable Care Act.

American Nurses Credentialing Center notified LVHN that the health network’s Lehigh Valley-based hospitals and services achieved Magnet designation for the fifth consecutive time. ANCC Magnet Recognition Program distinguishes health care organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing services. Magnet recognition is the highest national credential for nursing excellence.

“I thought, ‘Why don’t I make it easier for people by writing a book? Make it a little fun, a little funny, but helpful.’”

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey blamed the Trump administration for promoting “junk” health insurance plans after a federal report found that some sales representatives of short-term insurance plans were using deceptive sales practices.