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Hospital entrance with blue curved sign reading Jefferson University Hospital and people in scrubs walking outside.

Jefferson Health may drop Highmark, IBX coverage Jan. 1

Jefferson Health warned that its facilities could stop accepting Highmark and Independence Blue Cross insurance on Jan. 1, 2027, if contract negotiations over higher reimbursement rates fail, a dispute that could affect local patients at Jefferson locations in Blue Bell, Plymouth Meeting and Ambler.

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NAYA, Nothing Bundt Cakes, 7th Street Burger headed to Plymouth Square

Three new food businesses — NAYA, Nothing Bundt Cakes and 7th Street Burger — are filling vacancies at Plymouth Square Shopping Center in Plymouth Township, while Boostin' Bowls nears its opening at the Shops of Lafayette Hill in Whitemarsh.

Exterior of a Weis Markets anchor store at a suburban shopping center with a large parking lot.

Developer files plan to build 142 homes on Bluestone Country Club golf course

A Jenkintown developer has filed a conditional use application to build more than 140 homes on the nearly 130-acre Bluestone Country Club golf course in Blue Bell, the largest development proposal Whitpain Township has seen in 30 years, though an indefinite waiver means no hearing is scheduled yet.

Black-and-white land development site plan showing proposed residential lots and roads on a large parcel.

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