Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

01/15/2025

January is Radon Awareness Month! Learn more about the dangers of radon through the CDC or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

To learn more about lung cancer in the Commonwealth, look to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)'s breadth of reporting, publicly available at https://www.phc4.org/browse-our-data/?search_query=Cancer

01/10/2025

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) instated our 2025 leaders at our first Council meeting of the year. Congratulations to Karen Groh, Chair, Robert Bair, Vice-Chair, and Arthur Steinberg, Treasurer! PHC4 looks forward to another year of exceptional leadership and extends our appreciation for the commitment of all of our Council and Committee members.

To learn more about PHC4's Council, visit

PHC4 was formed under Pennsylvania statue, Act 89 of 1986, as amended by Act 15 of 2020. Under this act, we have two primary responsibilities:

01/07/2025

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) knows the importance, and complexity, of understanding the landscape of health care in the Commonwealth. PHC4 has been working to update MAPPPED 1.0, available to you soon at https://www.phc4.org/browse-our-data/mapped-by-phc4/!

01/06/2025

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) appreciates the Philadelphia Inquirer including our reporting in this recent article. PHC4's Hospital Performance Report is freely available at https://www.phc4.org/reports/hospital-performance-report-2023/

01/01/2025

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) wishes all a safe and happy New Year!

12/26/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) wishes all a safe and happy holiday!

12/26/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) wishes all a safe and happy holiday!

12/25/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) wishes all a safe and happy holiday!

12/23/2024

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12/20/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) appreciates the Central Penn Business Journal recognizing PHC4's Executive Director, Barry D. Buckingham, as a member of the Health Care Powerlist in 2024. PHC4 has the privilege of remarkable leadership and is thankful for this recognition!

Welcome to the Central Penn Business Journal’s 2024 Power List for Health Care

12/19/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) appreciates David Bruce, and the GoErie.com | Erie Times-News, including our reporting in this recent article. To access PHC4's Hospital Performance Report visit phc4.org now!

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/healthcare/2024/12/19/high-mortality-rates-found-for-medical-conditions-at-upmc-hamot/77065043007/

The conditions included stroke, sepsis, heart failure, pneumonia — infectious, kidney failure — acute, and stomach and intestinal bleeding.

12/17/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) appreciates the inclusion of our reporting in this recent article, published by The Sentinel Newspaper. Use the link to access PHC4's Hospital Performance Report now!

The Hospital Performance Report released by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) provides information about the performance and utilization of Pennsylvania hospitals for seventeen medical conditions. Reported are hospital ratings for outcomes such as in-hospital mortality and...

12/12/2024

Access The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)'s Hospital Performance Report, available now at https://www.phc4.org/reports/hospital-performance-report-2023/

12/11/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) appreciates the inclusion of our Financial Analysis Volume Three reporting in this recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Access PHC4's public reporting at www.phc4.org to gain insight into the finances of Pennsylvania hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, or PHC4, has released the third and final volume of its annual report on the...

12/09/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) appreciates Michael Roknick including our data, which reports key financial information about Pennsylvania facilities, in this article published by The Sharon Herald.
PHC4's fact-based public reports are available now at phc4.org.

Sharon Regional Health System got socked with an operational loss of $34 million in fiscal 2023 just as its owner’s financial woes began surfacing, newly released financial information by the

12/08/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) wishes all those celebrating a safe and happy holiday!

12/06/2024

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) values the depth of professionalism our council members bring to the organization. We'd like to take a moment to recognize Brad Klein MD, MBA, FAAN, FAHS, FAANEM, and his contributions to this article in Neurology Today. As a member of PHC4's Council, we are grateful for his presence and know the value his insights provide.
To learn more about PHC4's council visit www.phc4.org/council

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12/05/2024

Why come to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) for data? Dr. Sabik, the Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, states,"PHC4 data is among the timeliest population-based administrative datasets available, with quality quarterly data released within nine months."
If you need data to support your next project let PHC4 be your trusted source, contact us now at [email protected].