Highmark news and information

Pittsburgh's two healthcare giants, UPMC and Highmark, have brawled for two years about the end of an agreement that gave many patients access to both of them, a fight for market share that offers a glimpse of possible healthcare disruptions to come.
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Officials at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore and Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh have ratified a five-year agreement to collaborate on cancer care, research, education and quality improvement.
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Pennsylvania's governor announced terms of the contentious breakup of Pittsburgh insurance company Highmark and UPMC, the city's dominant health system.
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A governor-brokered deal has ended the long, ugly fight in Pittsburgh over whether members of Highmark health plans can keep getting in-network care at facilities operated by rival UPMC.
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Pennsylvania's governor announced terms of the contentious breakup of Pittsburgh insurance company Highmark and UPMC, the city's dominant health system.
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Dignity Health has not balked at big gambles to diversify its operations, moving into retail with CVS Caremark and expanding into 17 states with the 2012 acquisition of an occupational health and urgent-care company. But there's one bet Dignity Health won't take: health insurance.
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Highmark Health named David Holmberg its new president and CEO, replacing Dr. William Winkenwerder, who helped orchestrate the deal that transformed the insurer into an integrated delivery network.
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The UPMC health system continued to strengthen its financial position this year in a market that has seen bitter contract disputes and turf wars for patients.
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West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, reported its operating losses narrowed during the final six months of last year, a stark reversal from recent performance that saw losses accelerate for its fiscal year ended last June.
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A bitter contract dispute between the dominant hospital system in Pittsburgh and the region's largest insurer may foreshadow similar fights across the country, as health systems and insurers increasingly move into each other's territory.
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