Healthcare

SCRANTON — Tenor Health Foundation signed an agreement to acquire Commonwealth Health’s hospitals in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, as well as associated clinics and outpatient centers.

The acquisition includes Regional Hospital of Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

The transaction is subject to regulatory review and contingent on the nonprofit Tenor finalizing its funding, according to a statement from Commonwealth Health. Once funding is secured, the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Rob Bresnahan and other Republican representatives in the U.S. House sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson asking to address the expiration of health care tax credits once the government reopens.

Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., and the other lawmakers wrote Tuesday that after the government shutdown is resolved the House should immediately focus on a “growing crisis of healthcare affordability” and the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which expire at the end of the year.

Thirteen moderate House Republicans are urging party leadership to find a path toward extending enhanced expiring health care tax credits once the government reopens.

WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. and a coalition of House Republicans sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday stating the government funding debate is not the time or place to address health care issues.

Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, joined U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans of Virginia, and a coalition of House Republicans in sending a letter to Speaker Johnson to put forward a solution to address the upcoming expiration of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits once the government is opened.

SCRANTON, PA —  Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded two federal grants totaling $1,250,000 to The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education.