Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center reached an agreement , ending their months-long impasse over health coverage for people in Western Pennsylvania through December 2014.

The chief executive of a bankrupt Scranton, Pa., insurance agency who pleaded guilty in connection with a $1.3 million insurance premium theft scheme was sentenced to up to 16 1/2 years in state prison.

The largest union representing Pennsylvania state employees has approved a new four-year contract, which includes an increase in the employee health insurance contributions.

A bipartisan bill providing broader workers’ compensation coverage to previously ineligible business entities in Pennsylvania was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett last week.

Legislation proponents say will improve Pennsylvania’s tort climate passed the state’s House June 26 in a 116-83 vote, and is headed to Gov. Tom Corbett’s desk for his signature.

A Pennsylvania lawsuit asks that the governor be forced to reinstate adultBasic after the auditor general said the government used one-third of the money legally designated to health programs for other purposes.

Michael Consedine, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s nominee for insurance commissioner, has been confirmed by the state Senate.

Three Pittsburgh-area residents have filed a class action suit, seeking the restoration of the state’s adultBasic health insurance program.

A Pennsylvania Senate committee has endorsed Gov. Tom Corbett’s nomination of Michael Consedine as the state’s insurance commissioner.

Pennsylvania’s adultBasic program is dead, a victim of a lack of funding that Gov. Tom Corbett has blamed on his predecessor, Ed Rendell.