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Penn State, UPMC Pinnacle rivalry intensifies

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UPMC Pinnacle on Jan. 8, 2019 announced plans to expand its West Shore Hospital in Hampden Township in Cumberland County.

Harrisburg, Pa.-based UPMC Pinnacle revealed plans Jan. 8 to expand its hospital facility in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The announcement came several months after its rival, Penn State Health, submitted plans to build a 108-bed hospital roughly 1 mile away from UPMC’s hospital, according to Penn Live reports.

UPMC Pinnacle West Shore opened in 2014 with 102 beds. Officials said in their Jan. 8 announcement that an expansion was necessary, as the hospital “has consistently operated at 90 percent capacity.” Officials expect to complete the expansion, which will add 58 beds, by fall 2020.

Penn Live first reported Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health’s decision to build a 108-bed hospital in June 2018. Officials at the time said the decision to build a hospital was made because a large portion of their patients travel from the Mechanicsburg region, and that the new hospital will allow them better access to care. Officials said they aim to begin construction in the spring and open the hospital by June 2021, the report states.

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Pennsylvania hospital closure will result in 505 layoffs

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Harrisburg, Pa.-based UPMC Pinnacle will close its hospital in Lancaster, Pa., March 1, and lay off the hospital’s 505 employees.

The health system announced plans in December to close UPMC Pinnacle Lancaster and transition inpatient services to UPMC Pinnacle Lititz (Pa.). The two hospitals are about 7 miles apart.

The transition of inpatient services from the Lancaster hospital to the Lititz hospital will be completed by March. When the Lancaster hospital shuts down, 505 employees will be laid off, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice filed by UPMC Pinnacle.

However, some employees may transfer to other UPMC Pinnacle facilities.

“Although employees do not have bumping rights into occupied positions, we do have a number of open positions for which many of the affected individuals would qualify,” Ann H. Gormley, senior vice president of human services for UPMC Pinnacle, wrote in the notice, according to the Central Penn Business Journal. “Employees are being provided notice and are encouraged to apply for vacant UPMC Pinnacle affiliate positions in which to seek a transfer.”