
Harold Brubaker
Business and Economy Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
I cover the business side of health care and many other topics for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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1 day ago |
inquirer.com | Harold Brubaker
Temple University Health System will trim capital spending in the fiscal year that starts July 1 amid uncertainty over federal healthcare funding, the North Philadelphia nonprofit’s CEO told investors Tuesday. “I’m not sure what will happen, so we’re going to be prudent and we will spend somewhat less,” Temple Health CEO Mike Young said.
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3 days ago |
inquirer.com | Harold Brubaker
Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia’s largest LGBTQ health center, has settled litigation with two New York firms over high-cost financing it used last year to make payroll during a cash crunch. Terms were not disclosed. The center had received $234,570 from LCF Group and agreed to pay $362,500. It also got $479,815, with an agreement to pay $690,000, from FundKite. Former Mazzoni executive financial officer Rachelle Tritinger initiated both transactions, known as merchant cash advances, in September.
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3 days ago |
inquirer.com | Harold Brubaker
At a group home for people with disabilities, a resident languished on a bedroom floor for 12 hours, too weak to move. By the time they got to the hospital last spring, they had no feeling in their fingers and couldn’t speak. The person eventually needed a partial arm amputation and to be fed through a tube.
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3 days ago |
inquirer.com | Harold Brubaker
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were spotted Sunday at Talula’s Garden on Washington Square on Sunday afternoon celebrating Mother’s Day with their moms and other family members, according to the Daily Mail, a British news organization. The Daily Mail posted Tik Tok photos of Berks County-raised Swift arriving at the restaurant with Kansas City Chief’s tight end Kelce for a lunch that was reportedly also attended by retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie.
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3 days ago |
inquirer.com | Harold Brubaker
A man died after being struck by a Broad Street Line train in South Philadelphia Sunday evening, police and SEPTA officials said. The train was traveling southbound when it struck the man at the Oregon Avenue Station at 6:15 p.m., the officials said. The man was declared dead at 6:23 p.m.No other details, including the victim’ name or age, were available, according to SEPTA spokesperson John Golden. The incident was the second involving a SEPTA train Sunday.
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Shuttered Hahnemann University Hospital properties get $16.25 million bankruptcy bid https://t.co/t5GEMhHgNo via @phillyinquirer

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