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Philadelphia City Council passes lead testing bill, effective 10/2020
January 9, 2020
Beginning October 2020, the City of Philadelphia will require landlords to test pre-1978 buildings for lead every four years. The Philadelphia City Council recently passed the law in hopes of preventing some of the 1,500 cases of childhood lead poiso…
A change is coming
December 31, 2019
It’s a small but important change. Starting January 1, 2020, we will use a new company to process prescription drug claims. Pharmacies work with companies called pharmacy benefit managers to check your coverage every time you have a prescription fil…
Health Partners to follow Statewide Preferred Drug List effective 1/1/2020
November 19, 2019
All Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (MA) programs must follow the Pennsylvania Preferred Drug List (PDL) starting on January 1, 2020. That means Health Partners members who are currently taking a non-preferred medication(s) will have to switch to the…
Hahnemann University Hospital to close and stop treating HPP members – 9/6/2019
July 24, 2019
Hahnemann University Hospital has announced plans to close by September 6, 2019, and has begun to end or reduce certain services in preparation. The hospital and some of its affiliated providers will stop treating Health Partners (Medicaid) members o…