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Community leaders, advocates call for UPMC to reinstate gender-affirming care for all patients

WPXI 04 Apr 2025
PITTSBURGH — Local activists and elected officials are calling on UPMC to reinstate gender-affirming care for all transgender patients ... Advocates say UPMC is making the change pre-emptively.
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UPMC Empowering Wellness through Women’s Cancer Survivorship Conference (Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce)

Public Technologies 03 Apr 2025
) UPMC Magee-Womens and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Central Pa. with the support of UPMC Pinnacle Foundation, hosted the Women's Cancer Survivorship ...
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Easing anxiety of test-taking

Observer-Reporter 03 Apr 2025
Q. I’m freaking out. April’s coming, I’m nervous about PSSA tests. I hate them. They’re long. You can’t study for them, not really. And everything – I mean everything – rides on them. I want to go to college. My mom always tells me how proud she is of me.
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Study targets cancer survivors' infertility

Dispatch Argus 03 Apr 2025
Jaiwen Hsu sits with his mother, Jeng Hsu, before a stem cell implant procedure Nov. 10, 2023, at the UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh ... .
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Local high school students scrub in for UPMC Carlisle's Pathway to Nursing Exploration Day

The Carlisle Sentinel 01 Apr 2025
Students from several local high schools participated in a series of 10 rotations at UPMC Carlisle Friday that gave them an up close and hands-on look at nursing ....
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UPMC Harrisburg to Host Flag Raising Event to Encourage Community and Kick Off Donate Life Month (Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce)

Public Technologies 01 Apr 2025
UPMC will recognize and honor those who made a difference in the lives of others by being organ donors with a special flag raising ceremony held at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital ...
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UPMC cost taxpayers $120,000 by not updating patient data in insurance program, audit says

The Sharon Herald 01 Apr 2025
HARRISBURG – A state audit of UPMC’s Community HealthChoices insurance contract through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services revealed UPMC failed to update patient information, resulting in an overpayment of more than $357,000 in 2022 ....
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Audit finds reporting delays for UPMC program cost taxpayers $120K

WPXI 01 Apr 2025
A state audit found that UPMC’s failure to report patient information cost taxpayers more than $120,000 in 2022 ... He explains that UPMC is required to report to the DHS when someone dies, goes to jail or is no longer eligible for the program.
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Performance Audit of UPMC’s Community HealthChoices Contract Finds Reporting Delays Cost Taxpayers More Than $120,000 in 2022 - exploreClarion

Explore Clarion 01 Apr 2025
“UPMC is required to report to DHS whether a person has died, went to jail or is no longer eligible to be part of the program,” Denlinger said ... This resulted in DHS overpaying UPMC by $357,048 in 2022.
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Not just scrubs: Event lets local students explore variety of careers at Hanover hospital

Evening Sun - Hanover 01 Apr 2025
Dozens of local high school students with interest in the medical field recently spent a day at UPMC Hanover exploring the many clinical and non-clinical career paths available in a hospital setting.
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Pitt and UPMC philanthropic and development leader stepping down for role at Columbia University

Business Journal 31 Mar 2025
The University of Pittsburgh is losing a key leader in philanthropy ... .
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UPMC Health Plan audit reveals $357K in Medicaid overpayments due to outdated participant info

Business Journal 31 Mar 2025
An investigation into UPMC's Community HealthChoices contract revealed a costly loophole. Discover how much money the state couldn't recover and what officials suggest to fix it ... .
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Bring your hearing aids, leave your pet photos at home. Tips for a good doctor's visit

GoErie 31 Mar 2025
David Hutzel, with UPMC Hamot's Greenfield Internal Medicine, says how patients can ensure a good office visit with their PCP ... "They came back up and asked for a referral to the (UPMC Hillman) Cancer Center here in Erie.
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Measles makes a comeback: What to know amid outbreak

Observer-Reporter 28 Mar 2025
Graham Snyder, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology at UPMC ... Centers for Disease Control ... 2.4% of kindergartners in the state ... Graham Snyder, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology at UPMC ... ....
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UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation and NRG Energy Celebrate $2 Million in Contributions Through the Choose ...

Business Wire 27 Mar 2025
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NRG recently celebrated surpassing $2 million in contributions to UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation through its Choose to Give charitable program ... .

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