Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro Calls UPMC’s Actions This Week A ‘PR Stunt’

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Leading up to a critical Commonwealth Court hearing on Monday, UPMC relented on barring Highmark Blue Cross-Blue Shield customers from in-network service at a few of its facilities like the Hillman Cancer Institute after the June 30th deadline.
So is this part of a legal strategy before the hearing?
“This has nothing to do with the Attorney General,” UPMC spokesperson Paul Wood declared on Thursday. “That hearing next week has to do with a very narrow