Jefferson HealthFormer Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondAubrey Whelan and Max Marin Jefferson Health says it will terminate Lehigh Valley Health Network’s contracts with UnitedHealthcareHarold Brubaker Medicare coverage for telehealth suspended as result of government shutdownSarah Gantz Penn Medicine is investing more than $500 million in new cancer facilitiesHarold Brubaker AdvertisementJefferson is laying off about 1%, or roughly 600 to 700, of its employees this weekThe layoff of 600 to 700 people is the second round of job cuts this year at Jefferson Health, which includes Lehigh Valley Health Network.Harold Brubaker A year of inspections at Jefferson Health Northeast: July 2024 - June 2025Jefferson Frankford Hospital was cited for failing to check on two patients in restraints every 15 minutes.Sarah Gantz RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused.Annals of Internal Medicine editor and Jefferson Health physician Christine Laine says she won’t retract the study, as demanded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Aubrey Whelan A virus gave a man an aggressive blood cancer. Philadelphia doctors want people to know about it.A Jefferson patient died from a cancer caused by HTLV-1, a little-known virus first discovered in 1979.Kayla Yup How much did Philly-area nonprofit health system CEOs make in 2023?Compensation for nonprofit health system leaders has spurred intense debate in recent years.Harold Brubaker Pennsylvania health insurers are asking for an average 19% increase for individual ACA plansIt’s the biggest requested increase in at least 10 years. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department's review of the requests typically lead to changes.Harold Brubaker ChristianaCare’s new micro hospital in West Grove is opening in AugustChristianaCare is planning two more micro hospitals for Aston and Springfield in Delaware County. Sarah Gantz Hospital food is often unhealthy. This Pennsylvania program is changing that.The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is among the 63 Pennsylvania hospitals participating in the state's Good Food, Healthy Hospitals initiative to promote healthier food options.Kayla Yup ChristianaCare and Virtua Health are exploring a mergerIf the two nonprofits in New Jersey and Delaware reach a final deal, it would create a $6 billion-plus system with nine hospitals, plus thee micro-hospitals.Harold Brubaker Meet Dave Oxman, the Philly doctor running for Congress who says healthcare is ‘broken as hell’Dave Oxman is the first political outsider to join the race to represent the heavily Democratic district that U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans has represented since 2019.Julia Terruso Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicine’s new mammogram van will begin SundayThe van will debut at a community health fair in West Philadelphia. Kayla Yup Rothman Orthopaedics relocates its South Philly office to Navy YardThe orthopedic practice hopes to continue growing its South Philly clinic.Kayla Yup Jefferson Health looks to community health workers to improve health outcomes and build trustJefferson Health seeks to tackle health disparities in Philadelphia’s most underserved communities by teaching community members to become front line public health workers.Kayla Yup Ten months of inspections at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital: June 2024 to March 2025The hospital was cited for giving a patient inaccurate mammogram results. Sarah Gantz Philly’s leading cancer centers partner with the community to fight cancer disparitiesPenn Medicine, Temple Health, and Jefferson Health are working together to address cancer disparities in Philadelphia in partnership with community-based organizations. Kayla Yup See more storiesAdvertisement
Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman
Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman
A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondAubrey Whelan and Max Marin
A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondAubrey Whelan and Max Marin
Jefferson Health says it will terminate Lehigh Valley Health Network’s contracts with UnitedHealthcareHarold Brubaker
Jefferson Health says it will terminate Lehigh Valley Health Network’s contracts with UnitedHealthcareHarold Brubaker
Jefferson is laying off about 1%, or roughly 600 to 700, of its employees this weekThe layoff of 600 to 700 people is the second round of job cuts this year at Jefferson Health, which includes Lehigh Valley Health Network.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson is laying off about 1%, or roughly 600 to 700, of its employees this weekThe layoff of 600 to 700 people is the second round of job cuts this year at Jefferson Health, which includes Lehigh Valley Health Network.Harold Brubaker
A year of inspections at Jefferson Health Northeast: July 2024 - June 2025Jefferson Frankford Hospital was cited for failing to check on two patients in restraints every 15 minutes.Sarah Gantz
A year of inspections at Jefferson Health Northeast: July 2024 - June 2025Jefferson Frankford Hospital was cited for failing to check on two patients in restraints every 15 minutes.Sarah Gantz
RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused.Annals of Internal Medicine editor and Jefferson Health physician Christine Laine says she won’t retract the study, as demanded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Aubrey Whelan
RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused.Annals of Internal Medicine editor and Jefferson Health physician Christine Laine says she won’t retract the study, as demanded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Aubrey Whelan
A virus gave a man an aggressive blood cancer. Philadelphia doctors want people to know about it.A Jefferson patient died from a cancer caused by HTLV-1, a little-known virus first discovered in 1979.Kayla Yup
A virus gave a man an aggressive blood cancer. Philadelphia doctors want people to know about it.A Jefferson patient died from a cancer caused by HTLV-1, a little-known virus first discovered in 1979.Kayla Yup
How much did Philly-area nonprofit health system CEOs make in 2023?Compensation for nonprofit health system leaders has spurred intense debate in recent years.Harold Brubaker
How much did Philly-area nonprofit health system CEOs make in 2023?Compensation for nonprofit health system leaders has spurred intense debate in recent years.Harold Brubaker
Pennsylvania health insurers are asking for an average 19% increase for individual ACA plansIt’s the biggest requested increase in at least 10 years. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department's review of the requests typically lead to changes.Harold Brubaker
Pennsylvania health insurers are asking for an average 19% increase for individual ACA plansIt’s the biggest requested increase in at least 10 years. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department's review of the requests typically lead to changes.Harold Brubaker
ChristianaCare’s new micro hospital in West Grove is opening in AugustChristianaCare is planning two more micro hospitals for Aston and Springfield in Delaware County. Sarah Gantz
ChristianaCare’s new micro hospital in West Grove is opening in AugustChristianaCare is planning two more micro hospitals for Aston and Springfield in Delaware County. Sarah Gantz
Hospital food is often unhealthy. This Pennsylvania program is changing that.The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is among the 63 Pennsylvania hospitals participating in the state's Good Food, Healthy Hospitals initiative to promote healthier food options.Kayla Yup
Hospital food is often unhealthy. This Pennsylvania program is changing that.The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is among the 63 Pennsylvania hospitals participating in the state's Good Food, Healthy Hospitals initiative to promote healthier food options.Kayla Yup
ChristianaCare and Virtua Health are exploring a mergerIf the two nonprofits in New Jersey and Delaware reach a final deal, it would create a $6 billion-plus system with nine hospitals, plus thee micro-hospitals.Harold Brubaker
ChristianaCare and Virtua Health are exploring a mergerIf the two nonprofits in New Jersey and Delaware reach a final deal, it would create a $6 billion-plus system with nine hospitals, plus thee micro-hospitals.Harold Brubaker
Meet Dave Oxman, the Philly doctor running for Congress who says healthcare is ‘broken as hell’Dave Oxman is the first political outsider to join the race to represent the heavily Democratic district that U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans has represented since 2019.Julia Terruso
Meet Dave Oxman, the Philly doctor running for Congress who says healthcare is ‘broken as hell’Dave Oxman is the first political outsider to join the race to represent the heavily Democratic district that U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans has represented since 2019.Julia Terruso
Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicine’s new mammogram van will begin SundayThe van will debut at a community health fair in West Philadelphia. Kayla Yup
Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicine’s new mammogram van will begin SundayThe van will debut at a community health fair in West Philadelphia. Kayla Yup
Rothman Orthopaedics relocates its South Philly office to Navy YardThe orthopedic practice hopes to continue growing its South Philly clinic.Kayla Yup
Rothman Orthopaedics relocates its South Philly office to Navy YardThe orthopedic practice hopes to continue growing its South Philly clinic.Kayla Yup
Jefferson Health looks to community health workers to improve health outcomes and build trustJefferson Health seeks to tackle health disparities in Philadelphia’s most underserved communities by teaching community members to become front line public health workers.Kayla Yup
Jefferson Health looks to community health workers to improve health outcomes and build trustJefferson Health seeks to tackle health disparities in Philadelphia’s most underserved communities by teaching community members to become front line public health workers.Kayla Yup
Ten months of inspections at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital: June 2024 to March 2025The hospital was cited for giving a patient inaccurate mammogram results. Sarah Gantz
Ten months of inspections at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital: June 2024 to March 2025The hospital was cited for giving a patient inaccurate mammogram results. Sarah Gantz
Philly’s leading cancer centers partner with the community to fight cancer disparitiesPenn Medicine, Temple Health, and Jefferson Health are working together to address cancer disparities in Philadelphia in partnership with community-based organizations. Kayla Yup
Philly’s leading cancer centers partner with the community to fight cancer disparitiesPenn Medicine, Temple Health, and Jefferson Health are working together to address cancer disparities in Philadelphia in partnership with community-based organizations. Kayla Yup
