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| Industry | Healthcare, hospitals |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1899 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Services | Primary, secondary, and tertiary care centers; ambulatory clinics |
| Revenue | $42 million (2014) |
| Website | www |
Lehigh Valley Health Network is a healthcare network based in the Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The healthcare network serves eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania. Its flagship hospital is Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, located on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown.
History
LVHN has 981 licensed-acute beds on its three campuses.[1][2] In 2007, there were 50,070 admissions, 14,319 inpatient surgeries, 453,477 outpatient visits, 14,841 outpatient surgeries, 119,017 ER visits, and 3,184 births in network hospitals.[1][2] LVHN operates the third largest heart surgery program in Pennsylvania with more than 1,200 open-heart procedures performed each year.[3]
Pennsylvania's first Level One Trauma Center, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, remains the only Level I trauma center in the Lehigh Valley. It also has additional qualifications in pediatric trauma.[3] The LVHN Cancer Center is the fourth largest in Pennsylvania and cares for more than 2,400 new patients each year.[3]
In fiscal year 2014, LVHN's operating income increased by $9 million to $42 million. Acute admissions were up more than 2 percent to 55,000. Also up were emergency room visits, which increased 7 percent to 190,000.
In 2014, the not-for-profit LVHN increased its community benefit, a combination of free care, reduced-cost care, education and other efforts that make up the foundation of the network's not-for-profit status, by 8 percent, to a total of $354 million. The not-for-profit supports over 11,000 free flu shots distributed at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township and Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, and a dental van that provides free care to more than 1,000 children annually. The benefit also helps to cover the growing differential between health care costs and how much Medicaid and Medicare are willing to reimburse.[4]
Merger with Pocono Health System
In May 2015, the parent companies of Pocono Health System and Lehigh Valley Health Network announced an agreement to merge. The planned merger was approved by both corporations' boards of directors in separate meetings.[5]
On January 1, 2017, a full asset merger of Pocono Health System and flagship hospital, Pocono Medical Center, by Lehigh Valley Health Network was completed. Pocono Health System was renamed LVHN-Pocono, and Pocono Medical Center was renamed Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono.
Merger with Jefferson
After consistently losing money on operations and shedding market share to local competitor St. Luke's University Health System Lehigh Valley Health Network announced plans to merge with Jefferson Health in December 2023. The acquisition of LVHN by Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, will potentially create a 30-hospital network, with nearly $13 billion in revenue and over 2,000 hospital beds. Post merger Jefferson will become the second-largest hospital network in Pennsylvania. [6]
Locations
Tracing its roots back to Allentown Hospital, founded in 1899, LVHN has grown to include nine regional hospital campuses, physicians practices and groups, clinics, testing, and imaging centers, health centers and urgent care locations. The hospital campuses are:
Lackawanna County
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City, 330 Main St., Dickson City
Lehigh County
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, 1200 S. Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown
- Combined Adult Level I / Pediatric Level II trauma center
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–17th Street, 1627 W. Chew Street, Allentown
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg, 2545 Schoenersville Rd., Bethlehem
Luzerne County
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton, 700 E. Broad St., Hazleton
Monroe County
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono, 206 E. Brown St., East Stroudsburg
Northampton County
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hecktown Oaks, 3780 Hecktown Road, Easton
Schuylkill County
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Schuylkill, 700 East Norwegian Street, Pottsville
References
- 1 2 "U,S. News & World Report Hospitals Directory Lehigh Valley Hospital". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- 1 2 "U.S. News & World Report Hospitals Directory Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenburg". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- 1 2 3 "Lehigh Valley Hospital - About Us: History". Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ↑ The Morning Call, Dec. 3, 2014
- ↑ Pocono Record, May 28, 2015
- ↑ Brubaker, Harold (2023-12-19). "Jefferson plans to acquire Lehigh Valley Health Network, forming a 30-hospital network". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.