Reading Health System to buy five hospitals, change name to Tower Health
Reading Health System plans to buy five regional hospitals, a major expansion to the nonprofit system based in West Reading.
Region’s medical device makers back repeal of tax in new health bill
The 2.3 percent tax on an American manufacturer’s sales of medical devices made and shipped in the U.S. began Jan. 1, 2013, only to be suspended in 2015.
Workday coffee habits are grounds for moderation
The standard cup of joe is a well-established morning ritual – so deeply rooted in our wake-up routines that it has extended into the workday as a quick pick-me-up for never-ending meetings and fast-approaching deadlines.
Reading Health Physician Network adds two practices, seeks expansion
Reading Health Physician Network added two practices that include 26 anesthesiologists and a primary care physician, part of the network’s expansion mission throughout Berks County.
Nearly 500 LVHN employees to relocate to downtown Allentown
Lehigh Valley Health Network said it agreed to move almost 500 of its employees from information services, enterprises analytics and clinical informatics to offices at Three City Center in downtown Allentown, starting in November.
Two independent pharmacies open on-site labs for customers
Health Network Laboratories opened labs inside two independent pharmacies in the Greater Lehigh Valley this week, the first of many the Hanover Township-based company expects to open in the region over the coming months.
Four Greater Lehigh Valley hospitals get an ‘A’ for patient safety
Four hospitals in the Greater Lehigh Valley were among 31 Pennsylvania hospitals that earned an A for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group’s annual spring report released today.
Daiichi Sankyo sells Bethlehem packaging plant for $14M
Sharp Packaging Services bought a Bethlehem pharmaceutical packaging facility from Daiichi Sankyo Inc. for $14 million.
5 QUESTIONS WITH Stuart Bretz
1 How is the local economy? What are businesses saying about it?
As health care debate rages, chronically ill wait for access
It is abundantly clear that the American health care system is in crisis, a full code red, and has reached a tipping point.
HSAs are the picture of future health and long-term care
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but sadly, it will not keep future medical expenses at bay.
Fines on rise as HIPAA aims at medical entities, associates
Medical entities and their business associates are all too familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, more commonly known as HIPAA.