Anne Baum has been named the first president of Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, part of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN).  

With Pennsylvania facing a shortage of primary care physicians, a state House resolution calls for recruiting and investing in family medicine grant programs. 

Alison Beam, acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, will resign at the end of the year. She is expected to be replaced by Executive Deputy Secretary Keara Klinepeter. 

Penn State Health hired its first-ever vice president and chief learning officer this week. 

Reading-based Tower Health will close two Chester County hospitals by the end of January after a sales agreement fell through. 

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network has moved two of its outpatient sites in Bethlehem and Bethlehem Township to offer more treatment space for physical therapy and other rehabilitation services. 

Lehigh Valley Health Network’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital and the intensive care unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Muhlenberg will receive $4.5 million of state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grants for support and expansion of capacity.  

Elizabeth Wise, an executive with Lehigh Valley Health Network, will take over as president and chief executive officer of University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, effective Jan. 10. 

Capital Blue Cross cut the ribbon Friday on a $4 million renovation to its regional headquarters in Allentown. 

Tower Health Medical Group has expanded its Street Medicine Program to include screening eye exams.