Penn Highlands Healthcare has agreed to acquire an EMS agency and its sixth pharmacy, extending the health system’s drug store footprint to five Central Pennsylvania counties, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
The acquisitions add more fuel to the growth of the Clearfield County health system, which was formed in 2011; two drug stores, the EMS agency and a senior living provider were picked up just since January.
Clearfield Emergency Medical Services, which operates five advanced life support ambulances and employs 30 people, announced a pending affiliation with Penn Highlands this week on the same day the health system announced the acquisition of Means Lauf Super Drug in Brookville, Clearfield County. The drug store deal expands the health system’s retail pharmacy footprint. Read more.
