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Allegheny Health Network is transitioning its radiation oncology services out of the AHN Cancer Institute in Pullman Center Business Park effective June 30. The facility will continue to offer medical...

Lauren DeMeno considers herself one of the lucky workers at Allegheny Valley Hospital. The Harrison mom has three girls and a home that desperately needs repairs, but she lives close enough to the hospital to walk to work. “If my car broke down, I wouldn’t be out of luck like

Ken DeFurio, president and CEO of Independence Health System, told employees in a Dec. 11 email the industry is facing significant “headwinds caused by years of the COVID-19 pandemic.” In spite of the...

Cynthia Hundorfean, Chief Living Health Development Officer at Highmark Health, announces her departure from the organization at the end of 2023 to become a sel

PITTSBURGH — A shuffle of top executives at Highmark Healths Allegheny Health Network continues as the 14-hospital health care system struggles to end three years of operating losses that continued

After a final 26-hour negotiation meeting, unionized nurses at Allegheny General Hospital struck a deal with hospital management on a new contract. The three-year agreement between the 1,200 nurses and nurse practitioners represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania and AGH’s parent company, Allegheny Health Network, will make significant investments in wages

After nearly a decade, Allegheny Health Network and Johns Hopkins are ending their cancer center collaboration. The affiliation between the Pittsburgh-based health care system and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins was established in 2014 and ended earlier this year. AHN will continue to partner with Johns

Citing an ongoing shortage of nurses and concerns for patient safety, the unionized registered nurses of Allegheny General Hospital urged health care workers throughout the region to demand improvements to staffing levels. At a news conference Wednesday at Allegheny Commons Park North in Pittsburgh, the RNs represented by SEIU Healthcare

Washington Health System in Pennsylvania may be negotiating a merger, acquisition or partnership with Highmark Health or another large health system.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Tuesday announced the city is challenging the tax-exempt status of 26 properties as part of its review of sites owned by purely public charities. Gainey in January signed an executive order calling on the city’s finance and law departments to investigate whether the city’s purely