Pennsylvania news and information

Seventeen Pennsylvania hospitals and imaging centers that joined forces to improve CT radiation safety have made progress in a number of areas, including better tracking of radiation doses, curbing of unnecessary CT scanning and developing of action plans for when excessive radiation events occur.
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In Florida, one wellness program that offered smokers a financial incentive to get help to quit drew just two participants in five years. And in Pennsylvania, patients in a cash lottery were eligible for prizes when they took medication as scheduled. Patients reported a sharp drop—to a mean...
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Highmark has moved to buy out investors in West Penn Allegheny Health System, a Pittsburgh health system that has faltered under significant debt and continued operating losses.
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House GOP leaders released a revised proposal to replace Medicare's SGR physician payment formula with a system that includes specialty-specific performance measures.
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Pittsburgh's mayor said UPMC should pay property and payroll taxes because the hospital operator fails to meet state criteria for tax exemption, citing legal counsel that found the UPMC system likely spends too little on free care for low-income patients and too much on executive compensation to...
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A Georgia compounding pharmacy recalled all lots of its sterile products distributed since Oct. 19 based on concerns federal regulators raised about the company's practices.
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The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors and hospital managers Monday about a nationwide recall of all drugs made by a New Jersey compounding pharmacy because of possible mold contamination.
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A Bucks County, Pa., lawmaker wants to give physicians and pharmacists a role in tracking and fighting drug abuse by creating a database of narcotics dispensed by pharmacies.
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PITTSBURGH—Insurer Highmark closed on a deal for its first hospital under a costly plan to diversify and compete with the region's well-financed and largest health system. Jefferson Regional Medical Center, in Jefferson Hills, Pa., will receive $100 million for capital projects under...
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Imagine living in a rural county but getting the expertise of doctors at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh without having to travel to the city.
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