Group says UPMC wage scale is harmful
August 22, 2013 12:14 am By Steve Twedt / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette UPMC may be the state’s largest employer with more than 50,000 people on staff locally, but the low wages that many of its service workers earn are eroding Pittsburgh’s middle class, according to a white paper scheduled for release today by Pittsburgh United, a long-standing critic Read More
Hospitals’ charges can vary greatly for similar services
May 9, 2013 12:10 am By Steve Twedt / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Even a quick glance of the data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows stark differences in what hospitals charge for essentially the same service. If a patient had a pacemaker implanted at Allegheny General Hospital in 2011, the hospital on Read More
Judge rules UPMC’s email policy violated labor law
By Alex Nixon Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:51 p.m. UPMC violated federal labor law by preventing its employees from using the hospital network’s computer systems for union-organizing activities, a Pittsburgh administrative law judge ruled. Judge David Goldman ordered UPMC to end a policy meant to keep workers from using email and social media websites to Read More
UPMC to reduce hiring pace and reorganize staff with reimbursements expected to be cut
By Luis Fábregas Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Saturday, April 20, 2013 In a move to slash costs, UPMC plans to reorganize its workforce and will cut hiring by up to 2,000 workers this year, a spokesman said Friday. “Our growth pace has been very aggressive and we’re just reducing that rapid pace,” UPMC spokesman Paul Wood told the Read More
Chelsa Wagner: UPMC is different from other charities
April 17, 2013 12:05 am I understand some charities are concerned about the challenge of UPMC’s tax status. The truth is, our charities have nothing to worry about. This challenge has to do with whether UPMC meets the definition of a charity established by the state constitution and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. A number of Read More
Voters support challenge of UPMC
Published: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 12:01 a.m. Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013 Pittsburgh’s challenge of UPMC’s nonprofit status has the support of an overwhelming majority of likely voters, a Tribune-Review poll of registered Democrats in the city shows. The poll conducted by Susquehanna Polling & Research of Harrisburg found that 76 percent of those voters support Read More
UPMC vs. Highmark: Policy experts say now’s the time to end the warfare
March 31, 2013 12:20 am By Steve Twedt / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Twenty-one months from now, barring an unexpected thawing of the relationship, UPMC and Highmark will go their separate ways with ripple effects that will be felt throughout the region. Local health policy experts say that should not be allowed to happen and suggest now may be Read More
Ravenstahl pledges challenge to UPMC’s tax-exempt status
March 20, 2013 4:00 pm By Moriah Balingit / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced today that the city would challenge the tax exempt status of regional medical giant UPMC, a court battle that he likened to “the David versus the Goliath.” “They’re not a charity,” the mayor said at a press conference today. “They haven’t Read More
