penn state health st joseph patient portal

Who can use the Penn State Health Portal?

My Penn State Health A patient will use this portal, if you have been hospitalized at Hampden Medical Center, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center or St. Joseph Medical Center. Most patients who attend a Penn State Health Medical Group in Dauphin and Cumberland counties will use this portal. Please call your outpatient clinic to verify.

What is it a patient portal?

COVID-19 Patient Visitation Policy Penn State Health is committed to the safety of patients, staff, visitors and the general public. Due to the continued presence of COVID-19 in the region, Penn State Health is not allowing visitors who are not family/support persons in any of its facilities.

Where can I Find my medical records from Penn State Health?

Patient Portal - Penn State Health. Health (6 days ago) My Penn State Health A patient will use this portal, if you have been hospitalized at Hampden Medical Center, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center or St. Joseph Medical Center. Most patients who attend a Penn State Health Medical Group in Dauphin and Cumberland counties will use this portal.Please call your outpatient …

How do I get an account with Penn State Medical Group?

SJPHO is a new limited liability company (“LLC”) being formed by St. Joseph Regional Health Network to link St. Joseph Medical Center (“SJMC”) with physicians on its medical staff for the purpose of contracting with payers and self- insured employers to provide clinically integrated care and to assist SJMC in improving the quality and efficiency of hospital services.

Holidays & Special Hours

Penn State Health is committed to the safety of patients, staff, visitors and the general public. We are currently only permitting family/support persons to accompany patients within our facilities. One family/support person is permitted per adult inpatient visit per day. Two parents/guardians are permitted per pediatric inpatient visit per day.

Parking Information

Free, convenient parking is available on the Bern Campus in our spacious surface lots, located just off the main entrance.

Dining, Waiting Rooms, Mail and Gifts

Main campus visitors are welcome to dine in our cafeteria which is located on the garden level, adjacent to the chapel. It is open seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. We also offer guest trays to our patients’ friends and family.

Find a Hotel or Accommodation near Your Hospital

Whether you're looking for an affordable motel room for one night or an extended stay suite, you'll find it in central Pennsylvania. When making a reservation, ask if they offer discounts to families of Penn State Health patients or provide a shuttle service.

Home Rental Services

A wide range of local housing rentals are available on VRBO.com , Airbnb.com and HomeAway.com.

Campgrounds and RV Parks

Several campgrounds and RV parks in central Pennsylvania are available for your stay. Search on pacamping.com and rvonthego.com

Accepted Insurances

We accept a variety of health insurance plans and will submit claims on your behalf. Certain coverage restrictions may apply based on your individual benefit package.

What is clinical integration?

Clinical integration as defined by the Federal Trade Commission is “An active and ongoing program to evaluate and modify the clinical practice patterns of the physician participants so as to create a high degree of interdependence and collaboration among the physicians to control costs and ensure quality. ”.

Can SJPHO fund a loss?

It depends on the contracts entered into by the SJPHO board (which is a physician led board). If the contract provides for SJPHO participants to fund a loss, then that loss will be allocated as the SJPHO board decides. However, if the contracts do not provide for a sharing of losses, then SJPHO will not fund any losses and those losses may fall on SJRHN as additional infrastructure and management costs. At first, we anticipate that SJPHO will not contract with payers under a shared loss methodology. However, the board of SJPHO can decide if they want to share losses in the future. Contracts with shared loss terms often provide for higher incentive opportunities so, at the point in time when the SJPHO board decides that SJPHO can perform well, it may then decide to take on shared losses in order to increase the potential shared savings amount it can earn.

Can a physician join another network?

Yes. There is no restriction by SJPHO that would prevent physicians from joining other clinically integrated networks. However, many payers or self-insured employers may require physicians to participate in only one clinically integrated network as a term of their contract with SJPHO. Therefore, if the payor or self-insured employer requires exclusivity as a term of the contract signed with SJPHO, the physicians will be required to adhere to the terms of that contract and not participate in another contract with that payor or self-insured employer.

Can SJPHO contract with private payers?

Not initially. At first SJPHO will only contract with private payers for incentive bonuses to be earned if its participating physicians and SJMC can meet quality and efficiency goals in providing care to that payor’s enrollees and FFS rates will be contracted for separately by the physicians. However, once SJPHO can meet the FTC’s requirements for a clinically integrated network to jointly contract on behalf of its participants, the SJPHO board (which includes physicians) may decide to collectively negotiate with payers for rates as well, at which time the SJPHO contracted rates would apply.

Is clinical integration a qualified clinically integrated arrangement?

No. Since 1996, the FTC has been very consistent in its definition of clinical integration as well as the analytical framework it applies when evaluating clinical integration among a network of independent physicians. As defined by the FTC, a “qualified clinically integrated arrangement” is: