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International Nursing Agencies

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Nursing Nurses are needed all across America, and all across the world. With the pandemic and the stresses of the ...

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AHN Names Dr. Girish Kapur Emergency Medicine Institute Chair

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Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced the appointment of Girish “Bobby” Kapur, MD, MPH, as chair of AHN’s Emergency Medicine Institute.  Dr. Kapur ...

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AHN Grove City Welcomes Surgical Oncologist Casey J. Allen, MD

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 Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Grove City Hospital announced today that AHN surgical oncologist Casey Allen, MD is now providing advanced care for ...

Around the Region

UPMC Health Plan and Postindustrial Launch Season Two of the “Good Health, Better World” Podcast

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UPMC Health Plan and Postindustrial launched season two of the podcast, “Good Health, Better World,” which focuses on behavioral health innovations, ...

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UPMC for You Medicaid Plan Earns Coveted NCQA Health Equity Accreditation & Health Equity Accreditation Plus Designations

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UPMC Health Plan announced today that its Medicaid managed care plan, UPMC for You, earned Health Equity Accreditation and Health Equity Plus ...

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Highmark’s Medicare Advantage Plans Continue to Earn Highest Score in Federal Quality Program

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Highmark announced today that its Community Blue, Complete Blue, Freedom Blue and Security Blue Medicare Advantage plans in Pennsylvania have ...

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Pitt Launches Apprenticeship Program to Address Dental Assistant Shortage

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The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine has been awarded state funding to train dental assistants through a paid 14-month apprenticeship ...