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New Butler-Excela hospital network christened Independence Health System

New Butler-Excela hospital network christened Independence Health System

Butler Health System and Excela Health are now Independence Health System.

The Butler- and Greensburg-based health systems announced the new name for their combined five-hospital, three-county system on Monday, nearly six months after the merger went into effect. IHS includes numerous physician practices and Butler Memorial, Clarion, Frick, Latrobe and Westmoreland hospitals.

“Independent Health System has a breadth and depth of services that make it indispensable to our patients and physicians,” President and CEO Ken DeFurio said in a prepared statement. “Independence is a name that rings true to all of us and it is at the core of our mission and mission.”

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The merged organization has been off to a rocky start, with BHS reporting a loss from core medical operations of $35 million on operating revenue of $293 million for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending June 30. During the same period, Excela reported an operating loss of $29.3 million on operating revenue of $485 million.

Hospital executives from Greensburg-based Excela Health and Butler Health System in Butler continue to mull a name for the Pittsburgh region’s newest health system, three months after the deal was inked. But picking a name is not its biggest worry: Money woes, declining patient admissions and smothering competition from Pittsburgh’s two health care Goliaths are the more urgent issues at hand.
Kris B. Mamula
Next up for Butler-Excela merger: Picking a name

Kris B. Mamula: kmamula@post-gazette.com 

First Published: May 22, 2023, 3:12 p.m.
Updated: May 22, 2023, 8:44 p.m.

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