In this edition of local business news, Grand View Healthcare is now part of St. Luke’s University Health Network. Also, local medical providers who face staffing shortages will find it easier to hire out-of-state licensed doctors, nurses, and physical therapists. And Visiting Angels has named its top national caregiver for 2025; she’s in Pennsylvania.
St. Luke’s Health Completes Grand View Merger
SELLERSVILLE PA – Grand View Health, which opened community facilities in Pennsburg PA in 1987 and in Harleysville PA in 2018, now is officially part of the St. Luke’s University Health Network.
A St. Luke’s media release says the merger, which “received all necessary federal and state regulatory approvals,” became effective July 1 (Tuesday). Negotiations to combine with St. Luke’s began during 2024, and an agreement was announced in January 2025.
Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, the expanded heart of its system, will serve as St. Luke’s 16th campus. Doug Hughes, who in 2022 was named Grand View president and CEO, continues there as campus president, St. Luke’s says.
“Grand View and St. Luke’s are an exceptional match for one another since Grand View, like St. Luke’s, is committed to clinical excellence,” according to St. Luke’s President and CEO Rick Anderson. Grand View has “a similar culture and enjoys a long and proud history of providing high quality, compassionate care to its community,” he adds.
St. Luke’s describes itself as “a fully integrated regional non-profit health care network with 21,000 employees and over $4 billion in revenue. With more than 350 outpatient sites, it serves 11 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.”
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Agreements Give PA Healthcare Providers Hiring Relief
HARRISBURG PA – Doctors, nurses, and physical therapists who are qualified and licensed to practice in other states will find it easier to get jobs in Pennsylvania, under multi-state licensing agreements signed Monday (July 7, 2025) by Gov. Josh Shapiro.
PA licensees similarly will find it easier to accept work offers beyond the state’s borders.
The administration says the agreements, called compacts, will cut red tape and streamline licensing to “meet critical staffing needs and improve access to care.” The compacts open “new job opportunities for more than 380,000 health care professionals across the Commonwealth,” it adds in a media release.
It also suggests that “by helping qualified providers get to work faster,” the state is strengthening its health care workforce. “Instead of requiring months to complete (a) full licensure process … out-of-state practitioners are now able to contribute to Pennsylvania’s health care workforce within days,” the release explains.
Shapiro authorized Pennsylvania’s full participation in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, Nurse Licensure Compact, and Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.
“At a time when Pennsylvania is facing real health care worker shortages, from hospitals to home care, this move will make it easier to attract and retain qualified professionals and help fill critical gaps in care across the Commonwealth,” Shapiro says.
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Visiting Angels Selects 2025 Top National Caregiver
POTTSTOWN PA – Visiting Angels, a national provider of in-home senior care with offices in Pottstown, Wyomissing, and Exton, on July 1 (Tuesday) named its 2025 National Caregiver of the Year.
The annual award acknowledges the nominees’ “extraordinary dedication, dependability, compassion, and impact on the lives of seniors and their families,” it adds.
Award winner Tammy Tome, in the company’s York PA office, was selected from nominations submitted across the country, it says. She will receive a $10,000 check and an award at an upcoming ceremony. Two other finalists, and seven semi-finalists, also received company honors and checks.
“Local Business News” is a feature from The Post Publications and its Travels With The Post edition. It covers news specifically about businesses located within western Montgomery, eastern Berks, and northern Chester counties. On occasion, it also covers state and national news that affects or impacts local businesses.
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