Acquisition, not merger: WVU Health moves to take control of Independence Health's workers, debt

WVU Health System will acquire the facilities, employees — and debt load — from Independence Health when the two entities are ...

Inadequate payment for services nudges small health systems like Independence toward merger, officials say

The merger of smaller regional hospital systems such as Independence Health with a larger health system — this one from West Virginia — is likely being driven, in part, by hospitals hurting from ...