Healthcare Council In the News provides links to articles, opinion editorials, editorials and other media postings that feature interviews with Healthcare Council staff members and data from Healthcare Council.
Often, Healthcare Council staff is interviewed for articles and opinion pieces but are not directly quoted in the published piece. Those pieces are also listed in the items below.
2017 – 2018
May 21, 2018, Tribune-Review, Hospital Auxiliaries Provide Vital Support (Editorial)
May 8, 2018, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Smaller, Rural Hospitals Still Feeling Financial Strain
August 21, 2017, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Summer Series: Tales from Jobs Past, Among the job experiences Jane Montgomery brings
2015 – 2016
June 20, 2016, The sometimes high cost of a low-cost health plan
May 26, 2016, Pennsylvania Small Rural Facilities Feel Financial Pinch
April 14, 2016, Medicare Wage Index is a burden on Western Pennsylvania hospitals
April 7, 2016, Most Hospitals in Region Say They Are Operating at a Loss
April 4, 2016, Patients get caught up in health care cost dispute
March 31, 2016 New Medicare Payment Model For Joint Replacement Surgery
March 31, 2016, Western PA Hospitals Prepare for Bundled Payments, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 31, 2016, Excela Opens Medical Mall, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
March 30, 2016, 2nd phase of Excela Frick Hospital work planned
March 27, 2016, Impact of Observation on Patients and Hospitals, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (front page)
February 2, 2016, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Letter to the Editor, State Budget Cuts to Rural Hospitals
2012 – 2014
April 21, 2014, Pittsburgh Business Times, Observation Case Designation Challenge
April 15, 2014, Pittsburgh Business Times, Delay of RAC Audits and Appeals
April 2, 2014, Pittsburgh Business Times, HCWP’s Flash Survey Shows Highmark as Large Payer
April 2, 2014, Butler Eagle, Enrollment Article
April 1, 2014, Pittsburgh Business Times, Hospital Margins Rise in Western Pennsylvania
April 1, 2014, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thousands of Jobs Shed in Pittsburgh’s Region Hospitals
April 1, 2014, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Pittsburgh Area Jobless Rate Falls
March 29, 2014, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Western Pennsylvania Hospital Profits on Shaky Footing as Obamacare Changes Pend
March, 24, 2014, Butler Eagle, Enrollment Deadline
November 29, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, The Future of Long-Term Care
November 11, 2013, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Delay of Surgeries
November 8, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Hospital Financial Picture Predicted to Worsen
October 24, 2013, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Financial Squeeze on Hospitals
October 22, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Medical Assistance Reimburesement
October 18, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Hospital Operating Margins Shrink
September 26, 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, HCWP’s Enrollment Briefing
September 18, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Panel on Affordable Care Act
September 6, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Diabetes Center Closes
August 27, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Presumptive Eligibility
August 18, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hospital Readmission Rates
August 14, 2o13, Pittsburgh Business Times, Hospitals Facing Financial Challenges
July 21, 2013, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Hospital Outsourcing
July 18, 2013, Closure of Obstetrics Unit and Trends
June 18, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Expansion of Medical Assistance
June 13, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Opinion-Editorial on Medicaid Expansion by A.J. Harper
June 10, 2013, Pittsburgh Post -Gazette, Impact of Federal Funding Cuts
May 18, 2013, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Observation Commentary
May 16, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, RAC Audits
May 15, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Four Hospitals Finish in the Red
May 15, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Profits Shrinking at PA Hospitals
May 10, 2013, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, UPMC Hiring Growth to Slow
May 10, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Commentary
May 9, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hospital Charges Can Vary Greatly
lMay 8, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Hospital Financials Deteriorate
April 2, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, UPMD St. Margaret Opening Observation Unit
March 15, 2013, Pittsburgh Business Times, Health Economists Panel
February 24, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Quint Studer Speaks at HCWP
February 24, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Medication Shortages
February 22, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, MA Expansion
January 20 2013 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Restored Rural Hospital Funding
January 18, 2013 Pittsburgh Business Times Fiscal Cliff Commentary
January 3 2013 Pittsburgh Business Times Hospitals Face Funding Cuts
December 22, 2013 Pittsburgh Tribune Review Hospital Bad Debt
December 14, 2013 Pittsburgh Business Times Hospital Inpatient Stays
December 5, 2012 Pittsburgh Business Times – Year End Flash Survey
December 6, 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-Charity Care
November 10, 2012 Pittsburgh Tribune Review Medical Malls
November 9, 2012 Pittsburgh Business Times-Impact of Elections
November 4, 2012-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-Bad Debt
October 25, 2012-Pittsburgh Business Times -Medical Malls (full article is available for subscribers)
