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Highmark, specialty medical practice spar over reimbursement

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health and a regional GI practice have been unable to negotiate a new reimbursement contract, resulting in the practice’s exit from the Highmark network.The financial sticking points have not been disclosed but the two sides said they are continuing to negotiate. The practice is US Digestive Health, which has a clinical headquarters in Lancaster County and a […]

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County economic post ‘a very hard opportunity to pass up’

The state-funded walkway connecting a public park to the Main Street of a small Montgomery County borough was not a big project. But the project and the community’s positive reaction were enough to hook Greg Welker on the world of economic development.“It really spoke to me,” said Welker, who was then working for the Pennsylvania […]

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The LGBT Center of Central PA

Amber Roadcap has been named executive director of The LGBT Center of Central PA. Roadcap worked most recently in a marketing role at Malvern Health. She began her career as a crisis intervention counselor at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital.Roadcap previously volunteered at the LGBT Center, which is moving this year to a permanent home at 1323 […]

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Appell Center for the Performing Arts

Six new board members have been named to the board of directors for the Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York. They are:Suzanne Becker, Traditions Bank Mark Holman, retired from Susquehanna Township School District Juliet Kinsley, Ellis Lee Marketing & Graphic Design Eric Menzer, York Professional Baseball Christine Nentwig, CGA Law Firm Brian Strong, […]

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York County Community Foundation

Michele Mummert has been named vice president of grants and community engagement at the York County Community Foundation. She will lead the foundation’s grants department and set the strategic direction of its grantmaking.Mummert worked most recently at WellSpan Health as senior director of community health and engagement. She earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational management […]

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The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

Jennifer Doyle has been named president and CEO of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, one of the capital region’s largest philanthropies. Doyle succeeds Janice Black, who retired this year after leading the foundation for nearly three decades.Doyle had been serving as interim president and CEO of the Harrisburg-based foundation, known as TFEC, which has about $130 million […]

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Carlisle apartment complexes change hands

A Philadelphia-area apartment owner has scooped up a pair of Carlisle-area complexes alongside nine other properties around the state.The Carlisle-area properties — the 93-unit Hanover Manor and 80-unit Carlwynne Manor — are the two smallest properties taken in the deal, which includes more than 3,400 units overall,The other properties are in Allentown, Reading, Horsham, Lansdale, […]

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Mid Penn Bank

Paul Spotts has been promoted to chief credit officer of Mid Penn Bank, a subsidiary of Harrisburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp. Spotts, who joined the bank in 2021, worked most recently as chief credit administration officer.Spotts earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and has more than 30 years of experience in community […]

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UPMC

Dr. Kerstin Bettermann has been named chief of neurology for UPMC Neurological Institute and hospital services in central and north central Pennsylvania. She will have clinical oversight of eight UPMC Neurological Institute locations serving Annville, Carlisle, Harrisburg, Hershey, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, Spring Grove and Williamsport.Bettermann was most recently a professor of neurology and chief of the […]

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McNees

Zachary Wyatte has joined the corporate and tax group at Harrisburg law firm McNees. He most recently practiced law with a large law firm in Texas.Wyatte earned a bachelor’s degree in logistics and intermodal transportation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, a master’s degree in homeland security from American Military University and a law degree […]

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York-area manufacturer resolves harassment claims

York County manufacturer AMZ Manufacturing has struck a deal settling federal allegations that it failed to take adequate action after two women complained about sexual harassment at one of its plants.The charges, filed last year, alleged violations of Title VII, the federal law barring discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin or religion.According to the original charges, […]

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Harrisburg U adjusts teaching staff to save costs

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology recently eliminated three faculty positions and is making other changes to its teaching staff as it seeks to bolster its finances after missing a May installment payment on its bond debt.The changes follow a report this month by consulting firm rpk Group advising Harrisburg U to reduce spending on instructional personnel, attract more donations and […]

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New overtime rules poised to take effect amid legal challenges

Barring any last-minute legal complications, employers may be paying overtime to more workers starting Monday.July 1 is the date a federal rule lifting the salary threshold for overtime eligibility is scheduled to take effect.Issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, the rule bumps the threshold to $43,888 per year, up from the current level of […]

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Harrisburg law firm hires first-ever finance chief

McNees, a regional law firm based in Harrisburg, has named Sara Reohr as its CFO, a new leadership role for the firm. A CPA by training, Reohr was previously a vice president and division controller for Select Medical, a Mechanicsburg-based rehab chain.At McNees, Reohr will oversee strategic financial initiatives.“As a growing and evolving firm, McNees offers […]

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Saxton & Stump

Robert Pontz has joined Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump as chair of the bankruptcy and financial restructuring group. Pontz also is now a shareholder of the firm and a member of its business/corporate and banking/financial services groups.Pontz, who has more than three decades of legal experience, was most recently a partner at Lancaster-based Brubaker Connaughton […]

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Data breach at Geisinger vendor affects 1M patients

Danville-based Geisinger health system this week disclosed a data breach that could affect more than a million of its patients.In its disclosure, Geisinger said it learned on Nov. 29 that a vendor’s former employee had accessed patient information two days after being fired.The vendor, Microsoft subsidiary Nuance Communications, cut off the ex-employee’s access to Geisinger records, notified law enforcement […]

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House OKs expansion to prevailing-wage law

A controversial effort to tweak Pennsylvania’s prevailing-wage law has cleared a key hurdle.The Democratic-controlled state House this week passed a bill containing the tweaks on a vote of 125 to 77, sending it to an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled Senate.What are the tweaks: The legislation, House Bill 2153, would apply prevailing wages for the […]

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Harristown undertaking $750K reno project

An affiliate of the nonprofit developer Harristown Enterprises is carving up a pair of vacant rowhomes at 104 and 106 Walnut St. in Harrisburg into four apartment units, ranging in size from 910 square feet to 1,690 square feet. The Harristown affiliate, Charming on Walnut LLC, bought the two Depression-era buildings in December 2023 in a […]

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