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Safety & Security

Agencies Focused on Keeping Seniors Safe in Their Homes

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Barbara Peterson, M.S. Based on the last census in 2010, more than half (56.5 percent) of persons age 65+ ...

Monongahela Valley Hospital receives $77,500 donation from the Auxiliary

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Monongahela Valley Hospital held its 35th annual Auxiliary Appreciation Dinner June 24 in the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Center to ...

Legal

Rising to the Challenges of the Evolving Reimbursement Environment

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By William H. Maruca, Esquire Health care in the United States is undergoing another episode of dramatic change, but its ...

Book Review

The Bookworm Review: An Economist Gets Lunch—New Rules for Everyday Foodies

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Terri Schlichenmeyer The fridge was empty the other day. No milk, no OJ, no breakfast fixin’s.  You were out of ...

Physicians and Social Media Sinkholes

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By A. Minicozzi On May 1, 2013, I began to work as a Director for a company that specializes in ...

Uwe Reinhardt Blames Employers for High Medical Prices

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Great piece on The Health Care Blog by Ewe Reinhardt, one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care economics and the James Madison ...

UPMC Brings a New Era of Patient Care for Altoona

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

A new era of patient care begins today in our region with the official establishment of UPMC Altoona. UPMC (University ...