UPMC ‘facility fee’ draws Highmark’s ire
Health insurer Highmark Inc. has been screaming about UPMC’s higher charges for cancer treatment, specifically a “facility fee” it says does nothing for the quality of care. But the higher …
S&P: Highmark will survive breakup with UPMC
Health insurer Highmark Inc. will financially survive the end of its contract with UPMC in December, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service concluded. S&P’s assessment was contained in a report this …
National expert tells Pittsburgh providers to expect a cost crisis in cancer care
Employers and health care providers must overhaul how they prevent and fight cancer to head off an expensive crisis in treating the disease, a top national health adviser said Friday. …
UPMC East to offer elective angioplasty
By mid-spring, UPMC East Hospital anticipates offering elective angioplasty, a heart vessel clearing procedure that mostly had been available at Pennsylvania hospitals with heart surgery capability. Dr. Suresh Mulukutla, director …
Highmark and UPMC dispute targeted by bills
Two state senators are planning to introduce legislation that would require health systems to contract with any willing insurer, effectively ending the Highmark Inc.-UPMC contract dispute while shaping future relations …
UPMC to build in Pine Township
UPMC is planning to construct a medical office building in Pine Township, less than a mile from Highmark’s medical mall. Pine supervisors approved land development plans for a two-story, 23,000-square-foot …
Highmark and UPMC drop lawsuits
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. have dropped their antitrust lawsuits against each other, putting an end to the four-year-old litigation. In mid-December, a …
Ad battle rages between health care giants UPMC, Highmark
It’s business as usual in the public battle between UPMC and Highmark two weeks after state officials told the health giants to tone down their advertising and issue a joint …