WCA Completes Merger with UPMC, Renames Hospital

WCA Hospital in Jamestown will now be known as "UPMC Chautauqua WCA." The announcement was made at the hospital Friday afternoon after final state regulatory approvals for its partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center came late Thursday. WCA President and CEO Betsy Wright says this culminates a year-long process to formally make WCA part of the UPMC Health Care Network...

Betsy Wright: finalizing the agreement

Officials add that UPMC is also making a $25 million commitment to improving services at the hospital over the next several years. UPMC officials have announced there will be no changes to management and staff at WCA. UPMC Hamot President and CEO Jim Fiorenza was at the Erie, Pennsylvania hospital when it partnered with UPMC. He says they've kept their commitments...

Jim Fiorenza: what UPMC has done in Erie

[CLIP] Fiorenza-UPMC Hamot "in a positive way...."

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is one of the country’s largest provider-led integrated health care delivery and finance systems. It's also a leading academic medical center that is consistently ranked in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report's annual Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals.

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