September 18, 2019 Can we heal rural health? All eyes are on PA In terms of health and well-being, rural Pennsylvania and urban Philadelphia have all too much in common, including high rates of child poverty and mortality, food insecurity, and chronic disease.
July 16, 2019 33 PA Health Care Groups Agree: Reform Insurance Prior Authorization Practices Pennsylvania needs some commonsense reforms to protect against prior authorization red tape that can keep patients from getting the health care they need when they need it.
December 13, 2018 6 Key Facts about Pricing Transparency and the Role of the Hospital Chargemaster The federal government seeks to advance transparency around hospital and health care pricing by requiring hospitals to post charges online, starting January 1, 2019.
April 26, 2018 Future-proofing for Health Care’s Four Alternate Realities Within the industry and without, opinion leaders are making sweeping predictions about the future of hospitals.
August 11, 2017 Tackling the high price of medications in PA: Why target 340B, a program for vulnerable patients and hospitals? Pennsylvanians, like all Americans, are concerned about how much they pay for prescription drugs.
June 06, 2017 Overdose Survivors in the ER: Seizing Opportunity within Tragedy Hospital emergency rooms (ER) across the state are working to realize the potential for opportunity within the tragedy of Pennsylvania’s opioid epidemic. While caring for overdose survivors rescued from death, ERs are working to foster connections that could help those patients recover their lives.