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Jefferson Health has acquired the Lehigh Valley Health Network, creating one of the larger nonprofit hospital systems in America. The merged system operates more than 30 hospitals.
Two Pennsylvania hospital systems have come together.
Jefferson Health has completed the acquisition of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, and this qualifies as a mega-merger. With the deal, Jefferson and Lehigh Valley have formed one of the 15 largest nonprofit health systems in the United States.
The merged system includes 32 hospital campuses and more than 700 other healthcare locations in the Philadelphia region, eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Jefferson also operates a health plan as well.
Jefferson and Lehigh Valley first disclosed their plans to merge in December 2023, and they...