Harold Brubaker, Philly Inquirer

Harold Brubaker

Philly Inquirer

Philadelphia, PA, United States

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Past articles by Harold:

Montgomery County pharmaceutical-services firm is undertaking a $65 million expansion

A 100,000-square-foot addition will enable Almac to significantly expand its supply-chain services for clinical trials. → Read More

Financial struggles at Philly-area health systems show no signs of letting up

Rising costs continue to outpace revenue at Philadelphia-area health systems, leading to widespread losses. → Read More

Crozer’s landlord takes $171M loss on Delaware County hospitals, wants to sell the real estate

Medical Properties Trust said it doesn't expect receive any rent on the Crozer hospitals this year, an indication that the system continues to struggle financially. → Read More

Cash-strapped Doylestown Health will sell off retirement community as part of financial recovery bid

The Doylestown nonprofit is also getting relief from banks as it fails to meet loan conditions because of cash losses. → Read More

School districts score major win over Tower Health in property tax cases

The Chester and Montgomery County school districts fought back against Tower's bid for property tax exemption at four hospitals it bought from the for-profit Community Health Systems Inc. in 2017. → Read More

Tower Health’s low cash reserves make it ‘highly vulnerable,’ S&P says

As Tower takes steps toward its financial recovery, the ratings agency deals another blow to the struggling Pennsylvania healthcare system. → Read More

5 ways Gov. Josh Shapiro can boost Pennsylvania’s innovation economy

Jeff Marrazzo, former CEO of Philadelphia biotech firm Spark Therapeutics, has had Shapiro's ear on economic and business matters. Here's what he thinks. → Read More

Inglis House cancels nursing home sale, citing bigger-than-expected Medicaid increases

Inglis management said the Medicaid rate increase changed the nonprofit's financial picuture, making it possible to continue operating the nursing home that traces its roots to 1877. → Read More

Genesis Healthcare, after years of shrinking, is adding nursing homes again in Pennsylvania

The Kennett Square company, now controlled by a New York investment firm, will take over 35 ProMedica sites in Pennsylvania and four in Colorado. → Read More

Tower Health hires new investment bank in latest effort to recover from deep financial losses

Houlihan Lokey replaced an investment bank that was focused on selling hospitals and other businesses. Tower has extraordinarily low levels of cash for a health care provider of its size. → Read More

Plan for sale of Inglis House faces objections and a review in court

The proposed sale of the nursing home for people with disabilities has hit some resistance. → Read More

St. Joe’s announces merger with another college, this one with nursing programs

St. Joe’s said it has a “definitive agreement” to merge with the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences in Lancaster, the school founded by Lancaster General Hospital, which is owned by Penn. → Read More

Campbell’s will oversee pretzels and Goldfish from expanded headquarters in Camden

Campbell plans to add 330 jobs to its Camden headquarters and spend $50 million expanding and upgrading its headquarters. → Read More

A 66-year-old bicyclist died after a car hit her in South Philadelphia

The accident happened near the intersection of Tasker Avenue and Columbus Boulevard. → Read More

Thousand of Philadelphians must resume applying annually for Medicaid starting in April

A pandemic-era rule that prohibited states from cutting off Medicaid for most people who no longer qualified or didn't reapply annually as normally required is ending. Thousands could lose coverage. → Read More

New Jefferson CEO makes first move to consolidate competing hospitals

Jefferson's CEO said he was hired to make a system out of the hospitals Jefferson accumulated between 2015 and 2021. → Read More

Pew gives Philadelphia’s Esperanza Health Center $4 million to expand in Kensington

The grant, to be paid over five years, will allow the health center to serve 2,000 more patients annually. → Read More

Chestnut Hill Hospital is now part of Temple University Health System

Temple's partners in the acquisition are Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Redeemer Health. They paid Tower Health for $28 million for the Philadelphia facility. → Read More

22-year-old killed Monday night in hit-and-run in North Philadelphia

Philadelphia has seen a record-high number of hit-and-run fatalities this year. → Read More

M. Curtis Young, a loyal Episcopal Academy alum and avid Main Line golfer, has died at 87

Mr. Young spent his career on the financial side of the wholesale pharmaceutical distributor now known as AmeriSource Bergen. → Read More