{"id":116033,"date":"2026-02-17T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116033\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:25:08","slug":"2-pittsburgh-health-systems-advance-merger-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116033\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Pittsburgh Health Systems Advance Merger Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH, PA \u2014 The merger of the Allegheny Health Network and the Heritage Valley Health System became a step closer to reality after a hearing on Monday by the Pennsylvania Attorney General&#8217;s Office, which must approve the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The merger would add Heritage Valley Sewickley and Heritage Valley Beaver to Allegheny Health Network medical facilities. There was overwhelming support for the move at the hearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/allegheny-health-network-heritage-merger-hearing\/70383775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WTAE-TV reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Highmark Health is committed to strengthening our regional healthcare ecosystem through strategic partnerships with exceptional organizations,&#8221; said David Holmberg, the CEO of Allegheny Health Network parent company Highmark Health. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This affiliation with Heritage Valley reinforces our dedication to providing the communities of Western Pennsylvania with the high-quality, patient-centered care they deserve through our Living Health model, leading to improved health experiences and outcomes for our members and <br \/>patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AHN employs approximately 23,000 people, has more than 2,600 physicians on its medical staff. Heritage Valley has more than 3,300 employees and approximately 600 physicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH, PA \u2014 The merger of the Allegheny Health Network and the Heritage Valley Health System became a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-116033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-pittsburgh","9":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","10":"tag-pittsburgh-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}