2016-10-28

Geisinger launches recruitment campaign to hire 1,500 employees



DANVILLE, PA – Geisinger Health System has launched a nationwide recruitment effort to hire more than 1,500 physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and support staff. “Caring for more than 3 million patients every year takes a team,” said Julene Campion, vice president of talent management at Geisinger. “Every day, our 30,000 employees strive to improve that care. This responsibility has motivated […]

Conemaugh Memorial welcomes emergency medicine physicians



Johnstown, PA – Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center welcomes board-certified Emergency Medicine physicians Joshua Wayne Hinson, DO, FAAEM, and Melissa Lee Rosa, MD, FAAEM. Both physicians will be faculty for Conemaugh Memorial’s Emergency Medicine Residency program. Hinson is originally from Bedford, Pennsylvania and Rosa is from Bonaire, Georgia. They met while on active duty in the United States Air Force, and […]

Manufacturing continues to grow in Central Pennsylvania

Spotlight on Juniata County


Between Standard Steel LLC, First Quality and Trinity Plastics in Mifflin County and Empire Kosher Poultry, Acproducts Inc., Du Mor Inc. and CMH Manufacturing in Juniata County, the Juniata River Valley region has proven to be a center for manufacturing in Central Pennsylvania. Mifflin County was created in 1789 from parts of Cumberland County and Northumberland County and currently has […]

Inaugural venture capital conference brings together national investors and Pennsylvania startups




State College, PA – The researchers and students of Penn State and its branch campuses have created pockets of potential innovation throughout the Commonwealth. The university system have provided them with the resources and space to generate forward-thinking ideas that could possibly change entire industries. The ideas lack one key ingredient to be realized however: capital. The Penn State Venture […]

Geisinger’s MyCode Initiative brings genetic medicine to Central Pennsylvania




Danville, PA – On October 13, Geisinger Health System was named as one of four newest healthcare provider organizations to participate in the National Institutes of Health’s Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, which will build a nationwide million-person genetic study by having participants contribute genetic, environmental and lifestyle information over a long period of time to help develop ways to measure […]

Two insurers exit the ACA marketplace in Pennsylvania

Aetna and UnitedHealth Group enrollees forced to find new plans by Dec. 15


At the end of the year, Aetna and UnitedHealth Group will cease offering health insurance through the ACA marketplace in Pennsylvania. Aetna covers 31,000 Pennsylvania marketplace customers, or 6 percent of the total. UnitedHealthcare, America’s largest health insurer, will withdraw from Obamacare coverage in most of the 34 states where it offers ACA plans including Pennsylvania. A third national insurer, […]

Susquehanna Health joins UPMC




Williamsport, PA PA – Susquehanna Health recently joined UPMC, extending the Pittsburgh-based healthcare system’s reach further north and east and expanding its territory right next to Geisinger’s headquarters in Danville. UPMC invested $500 million to the healthcare system as an early show of good faith. Further specifics have yet to be revealed. According to Tracie Witter, director of corporate communications […]