🌱 What a $15 million Medicare hit means for Mount Nittany

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In today's newsletter:

• What a $15 million Medicare hit means for Mount Nittany
• How Mount Nittany's $150 million plan could reshape your local care

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very warm with sunny spells, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 76, low: 49.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 67 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mount Nittany Medical Center Court Case Over Medicare Status (abc23.com) — Mount Nittany Medical Center now estimates it could lose about $15 million a year in Medicare reimbursements if a federal court doesn't restore its sole community hospital designation, a major concern for Nittany-area patients. Hospital leaders say the cut would strain services, expansion plans, and physician recruitment as they ask a judge for a favorable summary judgment.
   

• Commissioners OK Tax-Exempt Financing Through Hospital Authority for Ongoing Mount Nittany Building Projects (statecollege.com) — Centre County commissioners have approved up to $150 million in tax-exempt financing to help Mount Nittany Medical Center finish its new patient tower and build a medical office in Bellefonte, projects that will shape care options for Nittany-area residents. The hospital will repay the notes without county or state funds, even as it fights a federal Medicare ruling that could cut reimbursements by about $15 million a year.
   

📸 Around Nittany

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• FCL – Louise's Loops (Crochet Club) →
  Friendship Community Library, 127 Main St, Beech Creek
  3:30 pm
• Food Distribution →
  Howard United Methodist Church, 144 W. Main Street, Howard
  5:00 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
• Dutch Fall Festival Ride + Pedal Pull 2026 →
  Aaronsburg Dutch Fall Festival, 153 Rachels Way, Aaronsburg
  10:00 am
• Baseball Clinic - Moshannon Valley
  YMCA of Centre County, 125 West High St, Bellefonte
  10:00 am
• Adopt-a-Highway Pickup Event →
  Burkholder's Market, 107 Market Dr, Spring Mills
  10:00 am
• NMP at Dutch Fall Festival →
  Aaronsburg PA
  10:45 am
• The Nick Miller Project at Dutch Fall Festival →
  Aaronsburg PA
  10:45 am
• NMP @ Dutch Fall Festival →
  Aaronsburg PA
  10:45 am
• The Nick Miller Project with The Dirty Beets at Dutch Fall Festival →
  Aaronsburg PA
  3:45 pm
• w/The Dirty Beets @ Dutch Fall Festival →
  Aaronsburg PA
  3:45 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Mill Hall

• H.S. boys soccer roundup: Kratzer, Selinsgrove edge Shikellamy (centredaily.com)
• Police News – Sept. 30 (lockhaven.com)

Lock Haven

• Bendle leads Danville to win over Shikellamy (centredaily.com)
• Centre County food safety inspections for the week of Sept. 21-27 (spotlightpa.org)

Centre Hall

• This Bellefonte landmark has a 141-year history. Look inside the Reynolds Mansion (centredaily.com)
• Police return to Horsch home for new 'phases' of investigation (centredaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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