Highmark Health’s Allegheny Health Network Announces $1 Billion Investment To Build, Renovate Hospitals

Highmark Health’s Allegheny Health Network (AHN) plans to invest $1 billion to build and renovate hospitals. The total investment amount reached $1 billion when the company announced an additional $700 million in spending to the previous $315 million that had already been pledged earlier this year.

The new construction and renovation, which will be conducted over the next four to five years, is anticipated to expand access to care, as well as increase its quality. It is also expected that the expansion will create about 800 new healthcare jobs. The largest project of the new construction, a 160-bed . . .