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Guest Commentary: 7 tips for insurers considering an ACO

Guest post by Martin Graf Highmark's announcement last month that it will acquire West Penn Allegheny Health System is the latest signal that insurers are working diligently on alternative strategies

Highmark used anti-competitive actions in 'precedential' case

Highmark illegally conspired to reduce competition, raise prices and gain a monopoly on the Pittsburgh region's healthcare industry, according to a newly reinstated antitrust lawsuit against the

West Penn Allegheny will cut 400 jobs, not 1,500

West Penn Allegheny has revised its estimated job cuts to 400 from 1,500. This past June, West Penn Allegheny Health System, based in Pittsburgh, estimated that up to 1,500 staff members would be let

West Penn Allegheny files antitrust suit against U of Pittburgh

West Penn Allegheny has filed an antitrust suit against rival University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, in a suit charging that the larger player was conspiring with the dominant local insurer to

Moody's urges hospitals to remember record-setting healthcare bankruptcy

In 1998, the U.S. healthcare industry saw what was, at that time, the biggest bankruptcy filing ever by a not-for-profit health system. Allegheny Health & Education Research Foundation, a $2