Jefferson Health1,200 union nurses at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital vote in favor of strike as bargaining continuesMost of the nurses who voted agreed to walk off the job at the hospital in Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood, if their union calls for it.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch Roundup of third-quarter financial results for Philly-area nonprofit health systemsHarold Brubaker How Philadelphia is preparing for measles and other disease outbreaks during FIFA World Cup eventsAubrey Whelan and Sarah Gantz Main Line Health, UnitedHealthcare contract dispute could leave 32,000 patients out of network later this monthHarold Brubaker Cooper University Health Care plans a $300 million outpatient facility in Gloucester TownshipHarold Brubaker and Aliya Schneider AdvertisementCHOP reported $271 million in operating profit for the nine months ended March 31Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's revenue climbed 9% to $4.1 billion in the first three quarters of fiscal 2026Harold Brubaker Methodist Hospital temporarily closed after power outageOfficials at the 220-bed hospital said in an alert on Jefferson’s website that the hospital is transporting patients to other facilities due to “power issues.”Aubrey Whelan Temple’s new AI tool helps keep blood sugar in check for patients with diabetesEndoTool Sub-Q analyzes patient data to make custom insulin dose recommendations. Sarah Gantz Jefferson Health had a $252.6 million operating loss in the nine months ended March 31The loss included $94.6 million in restructuring charges related to layoffs last fall and other moves designed to improve the nonprofit’s future financial performance.Harold Brubaker Why stomach pain, ‘scromiting,’ and compulsive hot showering are sending cannabis users to Philly-area ERsMarijuana legalization and more potent THC products could be to blame for the rise in cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, doctors say.Wendy Ruderman After a staffer allegedly took $161K, Chris Rabb rebounds to lead fundraising in Philly’s congressional raceRep. Chris Rabb’s new campaign finance reports offer the first glimpse into the depth of the alleged “unauthorized withdrawals" made by his ex-treasurer. Ala Stanford had the most money in the bank.Sean Collins Walsh, Sam Janesch, and Anna Orso OpinionMission-driven healthcare still matters. That’s why underfunding hospitals hurts all of us.Reimbursement from government payers — like Medicare and Medicaid — consistently falls short of the cost of care. Private insurer payments are often inadequate. The future depends on collaboration.Joseph G. Cacchione, For The Inquirer Pa. ordered to restart bidding for Medicaid long-term care contracts after appeals court finds the process was “arbitrary.”Commonwealth Court said the Pa. Department of Human Services' 2024 selection process for billions in Medicaid business was "arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law." Harold Brubaker Jefferson Health sues Aetna over controversial Medicare Advantage hospital payment policyAetna's new policy effectively created a two-tier system of inpatient reimbursement that was not negotiated as part of Jefferson's Medicare Advantage contract with Aetna.Harold Brubaker One year of inspections at Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital: February 2025 — January 2026The Jefferson Health facility was cited for not documenting a patient's risk of aspiration and failing to properly monitor another for vital signs. Sarah Gantz ‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup Jefferson Health hit with $108.6 million verdict in Einstein birth injury caseThe verdict is the biggest medical malpractice verdict in the city since a record-setting $183 million award against Penn Medicine three years ago in another birth-injury case.Harold Brubaker Mayor Parker plans to renew SEPTA’s Zero Fare program. Here’s how it benefits riders, in their own words.Zero fare started as a two-year city experiment using pandemic aid. It could continue for a fourth year under Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's proposed budget.Thomas Fitzgerald Jefferson Health will close four Einstein pediatric practices and move three others to True North PediatricsThe move could force thousands of low-income families to travel farther for pediatric care.Harold Brubaker Jefferson Health Plans had big gains in Medicare Advantage during open enrollment last yearJefferson remained in sixth place in Southeastern Pennsylvania behind leader Independence Blue Cross, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and Cigna, despite strong growth.Harold Brubaker See more storiesAdvertisement
1,200 union nurses at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital vote in favor of strike as bargaining continuesMost of the nurses who voted agreed to walk off the job at the hospital in Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood, if their union calls for it.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
1,200 union nurses at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital vote in favor of strike as bargaining continuesMost of the nurses who voted agreed to walk off the job at the hospital in Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood, if their union calls for it.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
How Philadelphia is preparing for measles and other disease outbreaks during FIFA World Cup eventsAubrey Whelan and Sarah Gantz
How Philadelphia is preparing for measles and other disease outbreaks during FIFA World Cup eventsAubrey Whelan and Sarah Gantz
Main Line Health, UnitedHealthcare contract dispute could leave 32,000 patients out of network later this monthHarold Brubaker
Main Line Health, UnitedHealthcare contract dispute could leave 32,000 patients out of network later this monthHarold Brubaker
Cooper University Health Care plans a $300 million outpatient facility in Gloucester TownshipHarold Brubaker and Aliya Schneider
Cooper University Health Care plans a $300 million outpatient facility in Gloucester TownshipHarold Brubaker and Aliya Schneider
CHOP reported $271 million in operating profit for the nine months ended March 31Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's revenue climbed 9% to $4.1 billion in the first three quarters of fiscal 2026Harold Brubaker
CHOP reported $271 million in operating profit for the nine months ended March 31Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's revenue climbed 9% to $4.1 billion in the first three quarters of fiscal 2026Harold Brubaker
Methodist Hospital temporarily closed after power outageOfficials at the 220-bed hospital said in an alert on Jefferson’s website that the hospital is transporting patients to other facilities due to “power issues.”Aubrey Whelan
Methodist Hospital temporarily closed after power outageOfficials at the 220-bed hospital said in an alert on Jefferson’s website that the hospital is transporting patients to other facilities due to “power issues.”Aubrey Whelan
Temple’s new AI tool helps keep blood sugar in check for patients with diabetesEndoTool Sub-Q analyzes patient data to make custom insulin dose recommendations. Sarah Gantz
Temple’s new AI tool helps keep blood sugar in check for patients with diabetesEndoTool Sub-Q analyzes patient data to make custom insulin dose recommendations. Sarah Gantz
Jefferson Health had a $252.6 million operating loss in the nine months ended March 31The loss included $94.6 million in restructuring charges related to layoffs last fall and other moves designed to improve the nonprofit’s future financial performance.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health had a $252.6 million operating loss in the nine months ended March 31The loss included $94.6 million in restructuring charges related to layoffs last fall and other moves designed to improve the nonprofit’s future financial performance.Harold Brubaker
Why stomach pain, ‘scromiting,’ and compulsive hot showering are sending cannabis users to Philly-area ERsMarijuana legalization and more potent THC products could be to blame for the rise in cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, doctors say.Wendy Ruderman
Why stomach pain, ‘scromiting,’ and compulsive hot showering are sending cannabis users to Philly-area ERsMarijuana legalization and more potent THC products could be to blame for the rise in cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, doctors say.Wendy Ruderman
After a staffer allegedly took $161K, Chris Rabb rebounds to lead fundraising in Philly’s congressional raceRep. Chris Rabb’s new campaign finance reports offer the first glimpse into the depth of the alleged “unauthorized withdrawals" made by his ex-treasurer. Ala Stanford had the most money in the bank.Sean Collins Walsh, Sam Janesch, and Anna Orso
After a staffer allegedly took $161K, Chris Rabb rebounds to lead fundraising in Philly’s congressional raceRep. Chris Rabb’s new campaign finance reports offer the first glimpse into the depth of the alleged “unauthorized withdrawals" made by his ex-treasurer. Ala Stanford had the most money in the bank.Sean Collins Walsh, Sam Janesch, and Anna Orso
OpinionMission-driven healthcare still matters. That’s why underfunding hospitals hurts all of us.Reimbursement from government payers — like Medicare and Medicaid — consistently falls short of the cost of care. Private insurer payments are often inadequate. The future depends on collaboration.Joseph G. Cacchione, For The Inquirer
OpinionMission-driven healthcare still matters. That’s why underfunding hospitals hurts all of us.Reimbursement from government payers — like Medicare and Medicaid — consistently falls short of the cost of care. Private insurer payments are often inadequate. The future depends on collaboration.Joseph G. Cacchione, For The Inquirer
Pa. ordered to restart bidding for Medicaid long-term care contracts after appeals court finds the process was “arbitrary.”Commonwealth Court said the Pa. Department of Human Services' 2024 selection process for billions in Medicaid business was "arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law." Harold Brubaker
Pa. ordered to restart bidding for Medicaid long-term care contracts after appeals court finds the process was “arbitrary.”Commonwealth Court said the Pa. Department of Human Services' 2024 selection process for billions in Medicaid business was "arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law." Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health sues Aetna over controversial Medicare Advantage hospital payment policyAetna's new policy effectively created a two-tier system of inpatient reimbursement that was not negotiated as part of Jefferson's Medicare Advantage contract with Aetna.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health sues Aetna over controversial Medicare Advantage hospital payment policyAetna's new policy effectively created a two-tier system of inpatient reimbursement that was not negotiated as part of Jefferson's Medicare Advantage contract with Aetna.Harold Brubaker
One year of inspections at Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital: February 2025 — January 2026The Jefferson Health facility was cited for not documenting a patient's risk of aspiration and failing to properly monitor another for vital signs. Sarah Gantz
One year of inspections at Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital: February 2025 — January 2026The Jefferson Health facility was cited for not documenting a patient's risk of aspiration and failing to properly monitor another for vital signs. Sarah Gantz
‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup
‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup
Jefferson Health hit with $108.6 million verdict in Einstein birth injury caseThe verdict is the biggest medical malpractice verdict in the city since a record-setting $183 million award against Penn Medicine three years ago in another birth-injury case.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health hit with $108.6 million verdict in Einstein birth injury caseThe verdict is the biggest medical malpractice verdict in the city since a record-setting $183 million award against Penn Medicine three years ago in another birth-injury case.Harold Brubaker
Mayor Parker plans to renew SEPTA’s Zero Fare program. Here’s how it benefits riders, in their own words.Zero fare started as a two-year city experiment using pandemic aid. It could continue for a fourth year under Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's proposed budget.Thomas Fitzgerald
Mayor Parker plans to renew SEPTA’s Zero Fare program. Here’s how it benefits riders, in their own words.Zero fare started as a two-year city experiment using pandemic aid. It could continue for a fourth year under Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's proposed budget.Thomas Fitzgerald
Jefferson Health will close four Einstein pediatric practices and move three others to True North PediatricsThe move could force thousands of low-income families to travel farther for pediatric care.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health will close four Einstein pediatric practices and move three others to True North PediatricsThe move could force thousands of low-income families to travel farther for pediatric care.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health Plans had big gains in Medicare Advantage during open enrollment last yearJefferson remained in sixth place in Southeastern Pennsylvania behind leader Independence Blue Cross, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and Cigna, despite strong growth.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health Plans had big gains in Medicare Advantage during open enrollment last yearJefferson remained in sixth place in Southeastern Pennsylvania behind leader Independence Blue Cross, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and Cigna, despite strong growth.Harold Brubaker
