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Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest is seen Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Salisbury Township. (Scott M. Nagy/Special to The Morning Call)

Jefferson Health, which includes LVHN, has been sued for violating federal rules during recent layoff of hundreds

November 26, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

The lawsuit accuses Jefferson Health of violating federal labor rules when it laid off 1% of its 65,000 employees in October and November without providing a 60-day notice.

Jefferson Health’s name atop the marquee at its headquarters at 1101 Market St. in Center City Philadelphia. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Jefferson Health is back in-network with Cigna’s for employer-based insurance plans

April 7, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.

Jefferson Health, the Philadelphia region's largest health system, is back in-network for people with Cigna Health insurance through their employers after the two parties agreed to a new contract.

A banner announcing the merger with Jefferson Health is placed on a Lehigh Valley Health Network building. (Matthew Perschall/Republican Herald)

Jefferson chief financial officer is out; an LVHN official will be the interim CFO

February 18, 2025 at 8:45 a.m.

The sudden departure comes as Jefferson is in the early stages of integrating Lehigh Valley Health Network, which it acquired Aug. 1.

In this photo illustration, the injectable weight-loss medication Wegovy is available at New City Halstead Pharmacy on April 24, 2024, in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

Pennsylvania Medicaid spent nearly $300 million on Wegovy and other anti-obesity drugs

December 18, 2024 at 2:12 p.m.

Pennsylvania Medicaid insurers spent nearly $300 million on Wegovy, Zepbound, and other new anti-obesity drugs in the year that ended Oct. 31, according to a new analysis from Real Chemistry, a New...

Thomas Jefferson University is postponing employee pay raises from Jan. to July, the nonprofit announced Friday. (Tyger Williams / The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Thomas Jefferson University had a $90.5 million operating loss in first quarter of fiscal 2025

November 14, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.

Jefferson's operating loss for its legacy business in the quarter rose to $77.6 million from $48 million a year ago. At Lehigh Valley, the quarterly loss fell to $13 million from...

Jefferson Health is postponing pay raises for Philadelphia-area employees

November 8, 2024 at 4:14 p.m.

The move comes as Jefferson refinanced $1 billion in debt following its acquisition of Lehigh Valley Health Network.

Dr. Joseph Cacchione, CEO of the newly merged Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network, talks Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

Jefferson Health to spend $900 million on Lehigh Valley projects

October 21, 2024 at 7:42 p.m.

Jefferson will spend $900 million on Lehigh Valley Health facilities over three years.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia, part of Jefferson Health. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Jefferson, ahead of LVHN merger, reports $1.3 million operating profit

August 15, 2024 at 2:55 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson University reported just shy of $10 billion in revenue and $1.3 million in operating profit for the fiscal year that ended June 30, effectively breaking even in its last...

Stephen K. Klasko, shown on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 2021, was the Philadelphia region's highest-paid nonprofit health-system CEO in 2022. He retired at the end of 2022 but remained as an adviser through June of 2022. (Tom Gralish / The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Jefferson health system, merging with LVHN, paid former CEO a record $8 million in 2022

July 29, 2024 at 2:12 p.m.

Jefferson paid its former CEO, Stephen Klasko, $8 million after he stepped down in 2022, before the Philadelphia health system announced merger plans with Lehigh Valley Health Network.

Two construction vehicles sit at 3369 Route 100 as Lehigh Valley Health Network breaks ground in December 2022 on its Lower Macungie Township micro-hospital. (Rick Kintzel / The Morning Call)

LVHN looks to expand into Montgomery County with micro-hospital

February 13, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

Southeastern Pennsylvania will get its first micro-hospitals — facilities with small emergency departments and 10 inpatient beds for people who are not seriously ill — as ChristianaCare and Lehigh Valley...

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