MAPPED 1.0 by PHC4 Launched in November 2023, MAPPED 1.0 by PHC4 is designed to help patients, legislators, and health care providers learn more about health care access in Pennsylvania. This innovative online resource provides an interactive map displaying hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers by facility type, owner, and location. It was designed to allow […]
News for Immediate Release January 23, 2024 Harrisburg – PHC4 has produced new County-Level Condition-Specific Reports and County-Level Utilization Reports using the most recent available data for the reported period. County-Level Condition-Specific Reports focus on several high interest conditions displaying county-specific rates of hospitalization for Pennsylvania residents from the four-quarter period beginning July 1, 2022, through […]
News for Immediate Release January 11, 2024 Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4), in collaboration with The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), has released a new report examining how the coronavirus pandemic affected and changed Pennsylvania and its health care system. The report, COVID-19, The Impact on Health Care […]
News for Immediate Release December 14, 2023 Harrisburg – PHC4’s annual Hospital Performance Report (HPR), released today, shows a statistically significant decrease in statewide 30-day readmission rates from federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017 to FFY 2022 in 10 of the 17 conditions reported. The largest decrease was in Heart Attack – Medical Management, where the […]
News for Immediate Release November 30, 2023 Harrisburg – PHC4 releases Financial Analysis 2022 Volume Three, a report focusing on Pennsylvania’s non-general acute care (GAC) hospitals. This includes rehabilitation hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and specialty hospitals. Barry D. Buckingham, PHC4’s Executive Director, believes this reporting provides beneficial insight to key stakeholders across […]
News for Immediate Release November 16, 2023 Harrisburg – MAPPED 1.0 by PHC4, provides insight into the landscape of healthcare across Pennsylvania. This innovative online resource provides an interactive map displaying healthcare by facility type, owner, and location. “MAPPED 1.0 promises to empower stakeholders with an easy-to-use resource”, said PHC4’s Executive Director, Barry D. Buckingham. […]
PHC4’s New Website PHC4 launched a new website in a user-friendly way, designed and dedicated for users to have easy access to health care information and health care data. The new consumer-driven platform was released on July 31, 2023 with the goal of reaching a wider consumer base. In addition to the new look, additional […]
News for Immediate Release November 2, 2023 Harrisburg – PHC4 has released a new County-Level Utilization Report, produced to supply essential data to support evidence-based decision-making and analysis. PHC4 produces a comprehensive set of County-Level Utilization Reports, quarterly, using the most recent available data. This report, which covers data from Quarter 1 of 2023 (January through […]
PHC4 is committed to ensuring all Pennsylvanians are informed and supported when engaging in health care. We post this presentation to support stakeholders who value our reporting and look to further understand our data and methodology. The original purpose of this slide deck was to further inform the Philadelphia OB/MCO Leadership Group, at their request, […]
News for Immediate ReleaseOctober 25, 2023 Harrisburg – PHC4 has released a new Common Procedures Report (CPR), which displays outcome and volume information for common orthopedic procedures performed in Pennsylvania facilities. For the first time, this report includes the total number of outpatient encounters for each procedure. PHC4 believes this report serves as an informative […]
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