The heartbreaking accounts began populating social media feeds early last week: harrowing posts from nurses and other healthcare workers who survived the deadly hostage-taking that
After missing an October deadline, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare have agreed to renew a key reimbursement contract.The multiyear agreement, which took effect Dec. 15, means WellSpan providers are once again in-network for about 35,000 people in Central Pennsylvania who are covered by UnitedHealthcare through the workplace.The deal caps weeks of uncertainty for patients. They faced higher costs or the […]
After extending negotiations for a month, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a deal affecting patients in certain Medicaid and Medicare plans.The deal preserves in-network access to WellSpan providers for about 3,500 patients enrolled in Medicaid plans for children and in Medicare plans for people with special needs, according to WellSpan spokesperson Ryan Coyle.In-network coverage had been slated to […]
The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute is moving out of the former Polyclinic campus in uptown Harrisburg after failing to forge a new lease.The institute’s inpatient services are moving to Holy Spirit Medical Center in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, according to Penn State Health, which owns both Holy Spirit and the psychiatric institute.Penn State Health is working to find […]
Facing an Oct. 31 deadline for negotiating new reimbursement rates, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare hammered out a last-minute deal to extend some of their agreements but ended one of them.The two sides said Thursday night they were unable to reach an agreement on employer-sponsored health plans, but they agreed to extend the deadline for negotiating over Medicare […]
With less than a week before their contract expires, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare remain at odds.If they are unable to reach an agreement by Thursday, WellSpan would become out-of-network for people covered by UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and employer-sponsored plans.In a statement, the York-based health system blamed the impasse on UnitedHealthcare’s “unwillingness to find a middle ground on negotiations.”In […]
Life sciences heavyweight GSK is investing up to $800 million into its Marietta-area campus with plans to boost capacity and produce cutting-edge vaccines targeting illnesses like pneumonia and meningitis.The project, described as the British company’s largest-ever investment in U.S. manufacturing, entails construction of a new 300,000 square-foot facility and refurbishment of an existing building, along with the […]
With less than three weeks before their contract expires, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare remain embroiled in a war of words.UnitedHealthcare has been focused on what WellSpan charges for health care. For the York-based health system, the issue is the administrative hassles posed by working with the insurer.What’s the latest: In an online notice, UnitedHealthcare claimed WellSpan declined to extend the […]
Health insurer UnitedHealthcare and regional health system WellSpan Health are sparring over a new contract governing their relationship, affecting about 36,000 patients in the region.Both entities say they are negotiating in good faith and hope to reach a deal before the current contract expires at the end of October. Nonetheless, they are taking aim at each other’s business models.In a […]
Pennsylvania residents using medical cannabis to treat anxiety, chronic pain and other conditions saw improvements in their general health, emotional well-being, physical functioning and other quality-of-life measures over a three-month period, according to a study undertaken by researchers from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and funded by Organic Remedies, a Cumberland County medical-cannabis provider.Researchers recruited nearly 400 […]
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