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August 31, 2026
August 2026 Newsletter
PHC4 releases its August 2026 newsletter.
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August 20, 2026
New Data from PHC4 Reports Utilization and Volume for Every County in the Commonwealth
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) released a new set of County-Level Utilization Reports and County-Level Condition-Specific Reports today.
News & Press Releases
August 13, 2026
Hospitals in Rural Pennsylvania Experience a Rise in Uncompensated Care
PHC4’s Financial Analysis 2025 – Rural Hospitals report, released today, displays information specific to Pennsylvania general acute care (GAC) hospitals located in rural counties.
News & Press Releases
July 16, 2026
PHC4’s New Cardiac Procedures Report, Adds Several Procedures Including Inpatient and Outpatient Volume Data
PHC4 released the Cardiac Procedures Report today, displaying performance ratings and utilization data for several cardiac procedures performed in Pennsylvania acute care hospitals, hospital outpatient departments, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.
News & Press Releases
June 11, 2026
Twenty-Six Percent of PA General Acute Care Hospitals Post Negative Total Margins in Fiscal Year 2025
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) released Financial Analysis 2025 Volume One, today, displaying Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) financial data for Pennsylvania general acute care (GAC) hospitals.
News & Press Releases
May 28, 2026
PHC4 Announces New Technical Advisory Group Chair
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has a new chair, Edmund A. Pribitkin, MD, MBA, FACS, the chief physician executive and a professor of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery, at Jefferson Health.
News & Press Releases
April 28, 2026
PHC4 Publication Aims to Support Data Literacy Across the Commonwealth
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is taking the next step in supporting stakeholders with the publication of a new educational resource aimed at teaching data literacy.
News & Press Releases
April 23, 2026
New Data from PHC4, Quarterly Utilizations Reports Displaying Rates, at a County-Level
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) released a new set of County-Level Utilization Reports today, displaying the total number of ambulatory/outpatient cases and inpatient hospitalizations for Pennsylvania residents in Q3 of 2025.
News & Press Releases
April 14, 2026
PHC4 Releases New Data Detailing Access to Care and Facility Ownership in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) today announced the release of new data detailing ownership of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across Pennsylvania, along with updated access to care information on facility locations and services for hospitals, ASCs, and nursing homes.
