Health CareCVS to split off pharmacy business, ending the healthcare conglomerate eraCVS Health has been under mounting scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators and others who say the company — along with its peers, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna — has grown too dominant. Rebecca Robbins, New York Times Jefferson Health will leave Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s network on March 1 without a new contractHarold Brubaker Redeemer Health filed for bankruptcy protectionHarold Brubaker Why Main Line Health stopped taking cash and checksHarold Brubaker The fate of the former Crozer campus in Chester could be clear early next year, developer saidHarold Brubaker AdvertisementJefferson Health-Independence contract dispute worries Jefferson patients with IBX Medicare Advantage plansIBX Medicare Advantage customers who are Jefferson Health patients have a choice: switch plans or risk losing access to their Jefferson doctors next year.Harold Brubaker Benjamin W. Nero, celebrated groundbreaking Black orthodontist, has died at 89 He treated thousands of patients, including three generations of several families, and had offices in Philadelphia and South Jersey.Gary Miles Jefferson Health notified insurance brokers that it could go out of network with Highmark on Jan. 1Highmark is the second Blue Cross company Jefferson Health has taken on in recent weeks. The nonprofit also said it will stop accepting Independence Blue Cross if it can't get higher rates.Harold Brubaker Warren Moore will succeed Amy Mansue as Inspira Health CEO in JanuaryMoore's immediate priorities include opening a new patient tower at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill.Harold Brubaker Philly’s biggest health system and biggest insurer are trading jabs over a contract — and your coverage may be at stakeThe region's largest health system contends its rates are 40% below the national average. One analyst says the payment rates are typical, and another points to hospital consolidation raising prices. Harold Brubaker Main Line Health booked a $134 million increase in medical malpractice reserves in fiscal 2026The large medical malpractice reserve helped turn what would have been a $75 million operating profit into a $33 million loss for the 12 months that ended June 30, Main Line officials said.Harold Brubaker Bruce Mabine, retired OB-GYN physician and award-winning associate professor at Temple, has died at 76He was an associate professor and director of community services for Temple University’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences from 2000 until his retirement in 2024.Gary Miles Penn Medicine and Wills Eye Hospital in talks about forming an ophthalmology partnershipAligning with Penn would be a significant change for Wills from its long affiliation with Jefferson. Wills, the only remaining independent eye hospital in the U.S., has been losing money for years. Harold Brubaker Financially troubled Redeemer Health failed to make a bond payment on Sept. 1The Montgomery County nonprofit that owns Holy Redeemer Medical Center in Abington Township said it is working on "a reorganization of our hospital system to ensure its continued viability." Harold Brubaker Louis F. Rose, retired pioneering periodontist, physician, and professor, has died at 84He earned a degree in dental surgery at the Temple University School of Dentistry in 1968 and a medical degree from the old Medical College of Pennsylvania, now part of Drexel University, in 1972. Gary Miles David S. Greenwald, longtime clinical psychologist and social activist, has died at 79He was an expert on marriage, children, violence, anxiety, despair, stress, anger, sports psychology, and psychotherapy. Gary Miles Wistar Institute has appointed Penn researcher Ronny Drapkin to be its new CEODrapkin is a University of Pennsylvania researcher who specializes in ovarian cancer.Harold Brubaker Pa. revokes license of Resources for Human Development after death of medically neglected Philadelphia residentThe nonprofit RHD, which is owned by Reading's Inperium, is allowed to appeal the revocation and keep operating, as its sister nonprofit Supportive Concepts for Families has done since April 2025. Harold Brubaker St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children named Claire Alminde permanent presidentAlminde, also St. Chris' chief nursing officer, has been acting president since January.Harold Brubaker Independence Blue Cross settled a Medicare Advantage false claims suit for $22.5 millionThe federal government's settlement with IBX followed May's $117.7 million settlement with Aetna, another significant Medicare Advantage insurer in the Philadelphia region.Harold Brubaker See more storiesAdvertisement
CVS to split off pharmacy business, ending the healthcare conglomerate eraCVS Health has been under mounting scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators and others who say the company — along with its peers, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna — has grown too dominant. Rebecca Robbins, New York Times
CVS to split off pharmacy business, ending the healthcare conglomerate eraCVS Health has been under mounting scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators and others who say the company — along with its peers, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna — has grown too dominant. Rebecca Robbins, New York Times
Jefferson Health will leave Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s network on March 1 without a new contractHarold Brubaker
Jefferson Health will leave Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s network on March 1 without a new contractHarold Brubaker
The fate of the former Crozer campus in Chester could be clear early next year, developer saidHarold Brubaker
The fate of the former Crozer campus in Chester could be clear early next year, developer saidHarold Brubaker
Jefferson Health-Independence contract dispute worries Jefferson patients with IBX Medicare Advantage plansIBX Medicare Advantage customers who are Jefferson Health patients have a choice: switch plans or risk losing access to their Jefferson doctors next year.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health-Independence contract dispute worries Jefferson patients with IBX Medicare Advantage plansIBX Medicare Advantage customers who are Jefferson Health patients have a choice: switch plans or risk losing access to their Jefferson doctors next year.Harold Brubaker
Benjamin W. Nero, celebrated groundbreaking Black orthodontist, has died at 89 He treated thousands of patients, including three generations of several families, and had offices in Philadelphia and South Jersey.Gary Miles
Benjamin W. Nero, celebrated groundbreaking Black orthodontist, has died at 89 He treated thousands of patients, including three generations of several families, and had offices in Philadelphia and South Jersey.Gary Miles
Jefferson Health notified insurance brokers that it could go out of network with Highmark on Jan. 1Highmark is the second Blue Cross company Jefferson Health has taken on in recent weeks. The nonprofit also said it will stop accepting Independence Blue Cross if it can't get higher rates.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health notified insurance brokers that it could go out of network with Highmark on Jan. 1Highmark is the second Blue Cross company Jefferson Health has taken on in recent weeks. The nonprofit also said it will stop accepting Independence Blue Cross if it can't get higher rates.Harold Brubaker
Warren Moore will succeed Amy Mansue as Inspira Health CEO in JanuaryMoore's immediate priorities include opening a new patient tower at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill.Harold Brubaker
Warren Moore will succeed Amy Mansue as Inspira Health CEO in JanuaryMoore's immediate priorities include opening a new patient tower at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill.Harold Brubaker
Philly’s biggest health system and biggest insurer are trading jabs over a contract — and your coverage may be at stakeThe region's largest health system contends its rates are 40% below the national average. One analyst says the payment rates are typical, and another points to hospital consolidation raising prices. Harold Brubaker
Philly’s biggest health system and biggest insurer are trading jabs over a contract — and your coverage may be at stakeThe region's largest health system contends its rates are 40% below the national average. One analyst says the payment rates are typical, and another points to hospital consolidation raising prices. Harold Brubaker
Main Line Health booked a $134 million increase in medical malpractice reserves in fiscal 2026The large medical malpractice reserve helped turn what would have been a $75 million operating profit into a $33 million loss for the 12 months that ended June 30, Main Line officials said.Harold Brubaker
Main Line Health booked a $134 million increase in medical malpractice reserves in fiscal 2026The large medical malpractice reserve helped turn what would have been a $75 million operating profit into a $33 million loss for the 12 months that ended June 30, Main Line officials said.Harold Brubaker
Bruce Mabine, retired OB-GYN physician and award-winning associate professor at Temple, has died at 76He was an associate professor and director of community services for Temple University’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences from 2000 until his retirement in 2024.Gary Miles
Bruce Mabine, retired OB-GYN physician and award-winning associate professor at Temple, has died at 76He was an associate professor and director of community services for Temple University’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences from 2000 until his retirement in 2024.Gary Miles
Penn Medicine and Wills Eye Hospital in talks about forming an ophthalmology partnershipAligning with Penn would be a significant change for Wills from its long affiliation with Jefferson. Wills, the only remaining independent eye hospital in the U.S., has been losing money for years. Harold Brubaker
Penn Medicine and Wills Eye Hospital in talks about forming an ophthalmology partnershipAligning with Penn would be a significant change for Wills from its long affiliation with Jefferson. Wills, the only remaining independent eye hospital in the U.S., has been losing money for years. Harold Brubaker
Financially troubled Redeemer Health failed to make a bond payment on Sept. 1The Montgomery County nonprofit that owns Holy Redeemer Medical Center in Abington Township said it is working on "a reorganization of our hospital system to ensure its continued viability." Harold Brubaker
Financially troubled Redeemer Health failed to make a bond payment on Sept. 1The Montgomery County nonprofit that owns Holy Redeemer Medical Center in Abington Township said it is working on "a reorganization of our hospital system to ensure its continued viability." Harold Brubaker
Louis F. Rose, retired pioneering periodontist, physician, and professor, has died at 84He earned a degree in dental surgery at the Temple University School of Dentistry in 1968 and a medical degree from the old Medical College of Pennsylvania, now part of Drexel University, in 1972. Gary Miles
Louis F. Rose, retired pioneering periodontist, physician, and professor, has died at 84He earned a degree in dental surgery at the Temple University School of Dentistry in 1968 and a medical degree from the old Medical College of Pennsylvania, now part of Drexel University, in 1972. Gary Miles
David S. Greenwald, longtime clinical psychologist and social activist, has died at 79He was an expert on marriage, children, violence, anxiety, despair, stress, anger, sports psychology, and psychotherapy. Gary Miles
David S. Greenwald, longtime clinical psychologist and social activist, has died at 79He was an expert on marriage, children, violence, anxiety, despair, stress, anger, sports psychology, and psychotherapy. Gary Miles
Wistar Institute has appointed Penn researcher Ronny Drapkin to be its new CEODrapkin is a University of Pennsylvania researcher who specializes in ovarian cancer.Harold Brubaker
Wistar Institute has appointed Penn researcher Ronny Drapkin to be its new CEODrapkin is a University of Pennsylvania researcher who specializes in ovarian cancer.Harold Brubaker
Pa. revokes license of Resources for Human Development after death of medically neglected Philadelphia residentThe nonprofit RHD, which is owned by Reading's Inperium, is allowed to appeal the revocation and keep operating, as its sister nonprofit Supportive Concepts for Families has done since April 2025. Harold Brubaker
Pa. revokes license of Resources for Human Development after death of medically neglected Philadelphia residentThe nonprofit RHD, which is owned by Reading's Inperium, is allowed to appeal the revocation and keep operating, as its sister nonprofit Supportive Concepts for Families has done since April 2025. Harold Brubaker
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children named Claire Alminde permanent presidentAlminde, also St. Chris' chief nursing officer, has been acting president since January.Harold Brubaker
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children named Claire Alminde permanent presidentAlminde, also St. Chris' chief nursing officer, has been acting president since January.Harold Brubaker
Independence Blue Cross settled a Medicare Advantage false claims suit for $22.5 millionThe federal government's settlement with IBX followed May's $117.7 million settlement with Aetna, another significant Medicare Advantage insurer in the Philadelphia region.Harold Brubaker
Independence Blue Cross settled a Medicare Advantage false claims suit for $22.5 millionThe federal government's settlement with IBX followed May's $117.7 million settlement with Aetna, another significant Medicare Advantage insurer in the Philadelphia region.Harold Brubaker
