Dec 2021 The ongoing physician affiliation land grab in Pennsylvania’s Capital District By Jacob Wiesenthal and Tory Wolff Providers Closed vs. open Hospitals can compete for patient referrals either by … Read more
Nov 2021 Profit engine swap-outs: How UPMC sustained itself after the Highmark decoupling By Jacob Wiesenthal and Tory Wolff Payers , Providers UPMC’s decoupling from Highmark exposed a critical vulnerability: econ… Read more
Mar 2014 Bring it on: Highmark brings in a long-distance ally to help compete vs. UPMC in cancer care By Tory Wolff Providers Summary Allegheny Health Network (AHN), the major delivery system in … Read more
Jun 2012 Transitioning from patchwork to quilt: NY and PA’s path to integrating HIEs at the state level By James Matheson Payers , Providers Last month, NY and PA announced plans for how they will integrate data… Read more
Sep 2011 Upping in ante in Pittsburgh: the health information exchange arms race By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers A few weeks ago, UPMC announced an agreement among nine area systems t… Read more
Jun 2011 Highmark and West Penn: it’s about mitigating consolidation, not transforming the system By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Highmark will invest up to $475M in the West Penn Allegheny Health Sys… Read more
