Penn State Health St. Joseph is moving its Muhlenberg urgent care practice to a larger site that will have more services, longer hours and will hopefully better serve the community.

The Tower Health Transplant Institute has received the necessary regulatory approvals from UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) and the Department of Health to begin performing transplant surgeries.

The Federal Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said they have completed their antitrust reviews of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s proposal to acquire the assets of Coordinated Health, allowing the transaction to move forward.

The last steel beam has been placed on Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest’s expanded emergency department in Salisbury Township. Lehigh Valley Health Network employees signed the beam before a crane slowly lifted it into place. The expanded facility will include an adult emergency room, opening in late 2020 and a children’s ER, opening in mid-2021.

Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital officially opened its doors at 8 am on Nov. 20 in Orwigsburg. According to Geisinger, this marks the first time in Pennsylvania that two health care organizations have joined together to co-own and co-build a hospital.

As health care consumers are shopping for health plans, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) is warning the public not to confuse the insurance plans featured in some online advertisements with the health insurance that can be purchased on the federal HealthCare.gov. website.

More than 1,500 people registered for Saturday’s open house at St. Luke’s Upper Bucks, Bucks County’s newest hospital. The center, expected to open next month, represents a $100 million investment in the county’s northern tier, adding 50 jobs.

Todd Robbins, physical therapist, learned the joys of business ownership on his family’s dairy farm. He remains staunchly independent in the face of take-over offers from larger health networks.

With roughly a million potential patients for medical marijuana uses in the commonwealth and growing, those in the industry are exploring marijuana’s many components for deriving existing “cultivars” or “strains” for product development.

Data from the state’s Opioid Command Center shows that in 2018, roughly 4,400 people died from a drug overdose. This represents a nearly 18 percent decrease in drug overdose deaths from 2017.