🌱 How a federal decision could cost Mount Nittany $15 million yearly

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• How a federal decision could cost Mount Nittany $15 million yearly

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📰 News we're reading

• Mount Nittany Medical Center facing huge financial loss after designation revoked (wtaj.com) — Residents near Nittany should know Mount Nittany Medical Center is fighting a federal decision that could cut more than $15 million a year in Medicare reimbursements, threatening expansions and hiring of doctors and nurses. The hospital lost its "sole community hospital" status after Penn Highlands State College opened and is now suing, arguing regulators misapplied bed-count rules; the federal government must respond by Oct. 26.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• Coffee and Walk - Bellefonte
  YMCA of Centre County, 125 West High St, Bellefonte
  10:00 am
• Bishop Carroll at Penns Valley Area →
  Spring Mills PA
  5:00 pm
• FCL - Technology Services →
  Friendship Community Library, 127 Main Street, Beech Creek
  6:00 pm
• FCL – Technology Services →
  Friendship Community Library, 127 Main St, Beech Creek
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Coffee Talk - State College
  YMCA of Centre County, 125 West High St, Bellefonte
  9:00 am
• Blood Drive - State College
  YMCA of Centre County, 125 West High St, Bellefonte
  11:00 am
Thursday October 1
• FCL – Louise's Loops (Crochet Club) →
  Friendship Community Library, 127 Main St, Beech Creek
  3:30 pm
Friday October 2
• Popup Handwork Gathering →
  PVCA Office, 108 E Main St, Millheim
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• DINK FOR PINK+ Pickleball Charity Event
  State College YMCA, 677 W. Whitehall Road, State College
  8:30 am
• Baseball Clinic - Moshannon Valley
  YMCA of Centre County, 125 West High St, Bellefonte
  10:00 am
• Dutch Fall Festival Ride + Pedal Pull 2026 →
  Aaronsburg Dutch Fall Festival, 153 Rachels Way, Aaronsburg
  10:00 am
• Adopt-a-Highway Pickup Event →
  Burkholder's Market, 107 Market Dr, Spring Mills
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Bellefonte

• Partners for Sacred Places Supports Preservation of St. John's Episcopal Church (statecollege.com)
• Pittsburgh attorney indicted in Penn State cocaine trafficking case speaks out with lengthy statement (cbsnews.com)
• High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 26, 2026 (triblive.com)

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