Pennsylvania’s Highmark, UPMC In Rare Partnership

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions In a rare collaboration between the region's dominant health insurer and hospital network, paramedics will be trained to care for people with chronic diseases in their homes as part of an ambitious plan to curb unnecessary hospitalizations and better coordinate medical care. Care will be provided to residents of the city and three dozen neighboring communities as part of a two-year $600,000 pilot, which is expected to begin in mid-2013. The University of Pittsburgh's Congress of Neighboring Communities, Highmark, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Allegheny County EMS Council and Center . . .