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News & Press Releases 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 30, 2025

April 2025 Newsletter

PHC4 releases its April 2025 Newsletter.

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.

News & Press Releases February 20, 2025

PHC4 Produces Special Report on the Financial Health of Hospitals in Rural Pennsylvania

PHC4’s Special Report on the Financial Health of Pennsylvania Rural Hospitals, Fiscal Year 2023, displays data for general acute care hospitals (GAC hospitals) located in rural counties, as defined by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Those hospitals fitting this definition within PHC4’s Financial Analysis 2023 Volume One report are included in this new resource.

News & Press Releases February 3, 2025

PHC4 Seeks Help from Health Care Professionals in the Commonwealth to Gain Insight into Non-Compete Agreements

PHC4 has created a survey to understand the prevalence and gain insight on non-compete agreements impacting health care professionals in PA. The organization plans to use the findings to inform a broader effort; the study of the impact of Act 74,Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act on the Commonwealth.

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