It will be the only one that is community-based and locally controlled, he said.Įxcela Health is a 578-bed, not-for-profit health system in Westmoreland County that includes three licensed, acute-care hospitals - Excela Frick Hospital in Mount Pleasant, Excela Latrobe Hospital in Latrobe and Excela Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg.Įxcela Health serves more than 23,000 inpatients and 700,000 outpatients and sees 100,000 emergency visits annually. “We are pleased that this partnership amplifies our ability to provide tertiary care, yet remain physician led and community focused,” DeFurio said.Ĭombined, the new health system would be the third-largest in Western Pennsylvania. Ken DeFurio, president and chief executive officer at BHS, said the move will allow both systems to add and improve clinical offerings and services, improve efficiency, reduce costs and provide higher quality care to patients. In doing so, we can enhance access to care, decrease the cost of care and continue to focus on providing improved experiences and outcomes for patients,” said John Sphon, chief executive officer at Excela. “We believe strongly that our new partnership will extend our intellectual and financial capital. The boards of trustees of Butler Health System and Excela Health have entered into a “letter of intent” to merge the organizations, according to a news release. File photoīutler Health System is expected to merge with Excela Health, officials from the health systems announced Wednesday.
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Remaining discussions, required regulatory approval and final board approvals could take through the end of 2022.Butler Health System is expected to merge with Excela Health, according to BHS officials. Topics such as leadership and new system name will be determined. Sphon and DeFurio emphasized that more specific details of the new entity will be agreed upon and move forward through mutual agreements as the definitive documents are completed. This combination will support 5 hospitals which includes Butler, Clarion, Frick, Latrobe and Westmoreland Hospitals. When finalized, the new health system would generate over $1 billion in revenue, employ approximately 7,300 people, and have over 1,000 physicians and practitioners that serve a population of 750,000.
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“We are pleased that this partnership amplifies our ability to provide tertiary care, yet remain physician led and community focused.”īoth Sphon and DeFurio emphasized that the combined organization will present the requisite scale to accelerate and elevate its relevancy and essentiality in the region’s highly competitive healthcare marketplace.
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“The new System will provide additional services and better access to those services,” added Ken DeFurio, President and Chief Executive Officer at Butler Health System. In doing so, we can enhance access to care, decrease the cost of care and continue to focus on providing improved experiences and outcomes for patients, “said John Sphon, Chief Executive Officer at Excela. Officials at Butler Health System and Excela Health have signed a Letter of Intent to combine their respective organizations into a new health system serving western Pennsylvania.