UPMC defends charitable status
October 7, 2013 12:14 am By Andrew McGill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette UPMC has begun answering the $1.6 billion question — is it really using its 550 acres of tax-free property in Allegheny County for charity? So far, the health care giant’s answer is as clear: You bet we are. In response to a top-to-bottom survey of tax-exempt Read More
NLRB charges UPMC with more than a dozen violations against union-organizing workers
October 2, 2013 1:04 pm By Steve Twedt / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The National Labor Relations Board has charged UPMC with 19 violations against workers involved in a union-organizing campaign. The charges include unlawfully “threatening, interrogating, and intimidating employees” for union activities, calling police on union representatives who were lawfully on UPMC premises, implying the workers would receive 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
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
Senator Ferlo Challenges UPMC’s Nonprofit Status along with Mayor Ravenstahl
Pittsburgh, March 20, 2013 – State Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Highland Park) stood with Mayor Ravenstahl and others today challenging UPMC’s nonprofit status. He shared the following remarks: “Good morning. I am here today to join with Mayor Ravenstahl and others assembled to support the City’s challenge to UPMC’s charitable status and the tax exemptions that flow Read More
Medical ethics focus of insurance dispute between UPMC and Highmark
March 8, 2013 12:10 am By Bill Toland / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Health law experts say UPMC is taking an unusually harsh step — and a calculated public relations risk — by barring certain Highmark customers the ability to visit its physicians and clinics, even if they want to pay cash. But UPMC says its hands are tied Read More
Highmark: UPMC trying to kill WPAHS deal
Kris B. Mamula- Pittsburgh Business Times The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has mobilized a “disinformation campaign” to derail Highmark’s plan to become a health care provider, the insurer charged on Monday. Highmark is trying to acquire the ailing West Penn Allegheny Health System, a deal that’s undergoing review by the state Insurance Department. The review bogged down Read More
UPMC to provide information technology products overseas
May 5, 2008, 12:00am EDT Kris B. Mamula The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has landed its first international information technology deal. UPMC has been chosen to provide electronic medical record gear and expertise to a group of three hospitals in Great Britain. Terms of the 14-month contract were not disclosed, but the agreement increases UPMC revenue Read More
