Allegheny Health Network

Allegheny Health Network
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHealthcare services
Founded2013
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Number of locations
14 hospitals, 250+ clinical locations (2023)
Area served
Western Pennsylvania, Western New York, East Ohio, West Virginia, Western Maryland
Key people
Jim Benedict (President); Donald Whiting (Chief Medical Officer); Brian Devine (Chief Financial Officer); Angela Costa (Chief Nurse Executive)
ServicesQuaternary and tertiary level clinical care, rehabilitation, cancer centers, community medical facilities, home health services
RevenueIncrease US$4.7 billion (2023)
Increase US(-$173 million) (2023)
Increase US(-$140 million) (2023)
Number of employees
22,000 (2023); 2,600 staff and affiliated physicians (2023)
ParentHighmark Health
Websitewww.ahn.org

Allegheny Health Network (AHN), based in Pittsburgh, is a non-profit, 14-hospital academic medical system with facilities located in Western Pennsylvania and one hospital in Western New York. AHN was formed in 2013 when Highmark Inc., a Pennsylvania-based Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance carrier, purchased the assets of the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) and added three more hospitals to its provider division.[1] Allegheny Health Network was formed to act as the parent company to the WPAHS hospitals and its affiliate hospitals.[2] Highmark Health today serves as the ultimate parent of AHN.[3]

Today, AHN consists of an academic hospital and transplant center (Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, the network's flagship), five tertiary-care hospitals, four community hospitals, and four "neighborhood hospitals." The network cares for patients from western Pennsylvania and the adjacent regions of Ohio, West Virginia, New York and Maryland at more than 250 clinical locations, including six “Health + Wellness Pavilions,” cancer clinics, surgical centers, outpatient clinics, and primary care locations.

The system includes the AHN Research Institute, the Allegheny Clinic, a home health and infusion company,[4] a group-purchasing organization, LifeFlight,[5] and the STAR Center,[6] which provides simulation training for medical, nursing, and other health care professionals. The network operates two nursing schools,[7][8] and serves as a clinical campus for the medical schools of Drexel University and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. AHN also operates one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs, and its teaching hospitals annually train about 500 medical residents and fellows in 48 accredited programs and specialties.[9]

As of 2023, AHN employs approximately 22,000 people, with over 2,600 employed and affiliated physicians, plus 2,000 volunteers.[10] In 2022, AHN's facilities admitted and / or observed 120,000 patients, logged 340,000 emergency room visits, recorded 3.6 million physician visits, and delivered 8,600 babies.

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  2. ^ Twedt, Steve (April 30, 2013). "Pennsylvania approves Highmark-West Penn Allegheny Health System merger". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Highmark closes $604 mln buyout of West Penn Allegheny bondholders". Reuters. April 29, 2013. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. ^ Mamula, Kris (November 27, 2015). "Home care program aims to cut hospital readmission rates". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  5. ^ Zullo, Robert (December 30, 2013). "LifeFlight: Helicopter ambulance praised as a lifesaver". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "Newsmaker: Donamarie N. Wilfong". Tribune-Review. October 28, 2015. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "AHN: WEST PENN HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING". www.ahn.org. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "AHN: CITIZENS SCHOOL OF NURSING". Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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