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Photo of the outside of the Penn Highlands DuBois hospital

Penn Highlands Healthcare says about a third of its employees still need to get vaccinated to comply with a federal mandate

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Penn Highlands Healthcare officials said during a press conference call Thursday the health system fully intends to comply with the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, where the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, is requiring all U.S. healthcare workers to get vaccinated by January 4th, 2022.

Ambulance providers in Pennsylvania are enthusiastic about a bill advancing in the state legislature that would require insurance companies to reimburse EMS for calls that don’t end in a hospital trip.

Bill Advancing In Statehouse Would Provide Relief For Pa. Ambulance Providers

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Ambulance providers in Pennsylvania are enthusiastic about a bill advancing in the state legislature that would require insurance companies to reimburse…

Rooms for residents like the one pictured will be 100-square-feet larger in the new building. Pictured from left are Centre Crest board members Richard Wisniewski; Larry Bickford; Bill Rockey; Carl Raup; Al Jones; Betsy Boyer Andrew Naugle, Centre Crest A

Centre Crest Nursing Home To Construct $39 Million New Facility

The Centre Crest Nursing Home in Bellefonte has announced plans to relocate and construct a new $39 million facility.The facility will be located on the…

A red, white and blue painted pickup truck is displayed on the side of the road next to a Trump sign in Howard, PA. In the bed of the truck, a Hillary Clinton doll stands inside a jail cell while a Trump figurine mans a machine gun.

Central Pennsylvania Residents on Proposed Senate Healthcare Bill

Rural areas in Pennsylvania helped secure the state for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.However, a good deal of opposition to the…