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August 28, 2025
August 2025 Newsletter
PHC4 releases its August 2025 Newsletter.
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August 21, 2025
PHC4 Reports Provide Data about Hospitalizations and Ambulatory/Outpatient Cases
PHC4 publicly released new County-Level Condition-Specific and County-Level Utilization reports today, giving stakeholders in Pennsylvania valuable insight into ambulatory/outpatient usage and hospitalization rates of high interest conditions, using the most recent data available.
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July 24, 2025
PHC4’s Cardiac Procedures Report, Displays Mortality, Volume, and Average Hospital Charge for Six Cardiac Procedures in Pennsylvania
PHC4’s Cardiac Procedures Report, released today, displays results for six cardiac procedures performed in Pennsylvania acute care hospitals from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023. This report displays hospital-specific ratings for in-hospital mortality, readmissions, extended postoperative length of stay, volume of cases, and average hospital charges.
News & Press Releases
July 17, 2025
PHC4’s Financial Analysis of General Acute Care Hospitals in Pennsylvania Shows Significant Changes in Margins
PHC4 releases Financial Analysis – Volume One, today. The first volume of a three-part series of financial reports published annually by PHC4, Volume One displays financial information from general acute care (GAC) hospitals licensed in Pennsylvania during fiscal year 2024 (FY24).
News & Press Releases
May 15, 2025
PHC4 Produces Special Research Brief Focused on Asthma in PA
PHC4 published a new research brief today, Asthma Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania, providing insights by age, sex, race/ethnicity, county, and other patient characteristics.
News & Press Releases
April 17, 2025
PHC4 Releases New Reports, Displaying Utilization Insights, at a County-Level
PHC4 published a new set of County-Level Utilization Reports today, displaying the overall total number of inpatient hospitalizations and ambulatory/outpatient cases for Pennsylvania residents.
News & Press Releases
March 27, 2025
PHC4 Report Provides Insightful Data about Cancer Surgery Volumes in Pennsylvania Facilities
PHC4 publicly released the Cancer Surgery Volume Report today, giving stakeholders in Pennsylvania valuable insight into cancer surgeries performed at hospitals and ambulatory/outpatient settings.
News & Press Releases
February 28, 2025
Current Events: Challenges in Rare Disease Research
In 2023, the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) assisted the Pennsylvania Rare Disease Advisory Council (PARDAC) in analyzing over 1,200 survey responses collected from the rare disease community and presenting their findings to members of the PA Legislature. As the second installment in PHC4's Current Events series, PHC4 analysts investigated what exactly it is that makes rare diseases so difficult to study.
News & Press Releases
February 28, 2025
PHC4 Collaborates with PARDAC to Publish an article on Common Challenges in Rare Diseases Research
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is committed to ensuring better outcomes for all Pennsylvanians and has collaborated with the Pennsylvania Rare Disease Advisory Council (PARDAC) to bring a new resource to stakeholders invested in rare disease care in Pennsylvania.
