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Geisinger, Lewistown Merger Clears Next Hurdle

Lewistown (Pa.) Hospital and Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System announced they have signed a definitive agreement to merge.

The two health systems signed a letter of intent to merge in December and in February extended the initial deadline to complete the merger from March 5 to July 1. In the latest release, both systems said the deal will need an additional three months to complete the appropriate regulatory review.

The agreement requires Geisinger to:

•    Keep Lewistown open as an acute-care hospital
•    Invest more than $50 million to renovate the facility and replace imaging and emergency department equipment
•    Re-employ as many staff members as it is able with comparable benefits and compensation
•    Continue and retain its open medical staff of independent, employed and contracted physicians
•    Maintain current contracts with payers
•    Operate Lewiston's nursing school
•    Recruit needed specialists
•    Provide charity care at or above Lewistown's current levels
•    Assume Lewistown's long-term debt and unfunded liabilities
•    Create a community advisory board
•    Rename itself Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

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