Business Insurance

The independent state agency, established in 1986, collects and analyzes health-care quality and cost data, with the goals of stimulating competition among health-care providers and helping consumers and business be better purchasers of health-care services.

PHC4’s future came in doubt when legislation authorizing the agency’s continued operation became ensnared in the ongoing battle between Rendell and the state legislature over efforts to reform the state’s health-care system and provide access to health coverage for the state’s uninsured.