WellSpan Health

In December 1879, York businessman Samuel Small gathered others in the community to discuss the idea of establishing a local hospital to support York's growing population needs and manufacturing interests. He offered to donate the land on which the hospital would be built, and on January 14, 1880, the letters of incorporation were filed with the Court of Common Pleas of York County to build The York Hospital and Dispensary. The three-story building was constructed at the corner of West College Ave. and Church Alley. An annual report for the year 1896 shows that a total of 1,922 cases were treated (1,756 in the dispensary and 166 as inpatients).[2]

York Hospital and Dispensary later shortened its name to York Hospital and then York Health Network. In 1999, Gettysburg Hospital[3] became the second hospital in York Health Network.

In 2000, York Health Network joined WellSpan Health.[4]

Recent mergers and acquisitions include:

• Ephrata Community Hospital,[5] Ephrata, PA, on Oct. 1, 2013.
• Good Samaritan Health System,[6] Lebanon, PA, on July 1, 2015.
• Philhaven,[7] the 14th largest mental health provider in the United States, on Jan. 1, 2016
• Summit Health, a health system based in Franklin County, on November 1, 2018[8]

• WellSpan Health provides more than $126 million each year in charitable, uncompensated care.[11]
• Employs more than 19,000 employees across south central Pennsylvania.[12]
• WellSpan Medical Group includes more than 1,200 primary care and specialty physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
• Includes more than 130 outpatient patient care locations that offer services such as diagnostic imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, primary care, walk-in health care, durable medical equipment and other specialty services.
• Includes a regional home care organization (WellSpan VNA Home Care).

• Roxanna L. Gapstur, Ph.D., R.N., president and chief executive officer[13][14]
• Anthony Aquilina, MD, executive vice president, chief physician executive[15]
• John M. Porter Jr., executive vice president and chief operating officer[16]
• Laura Buczkowski, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer[17]
• R. Hal Baker, MD, senior vice president, clinical improvement, and chief information officer[18]
• Robert J. Batory, senior vice president and chief human resources officer
• P. Geoffrey Nicholson,Jr., MD, senior vice president, population health[19]
• Cynthia Fruitrail, Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff[20]
• Harvey Green, Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer[21]
• Amy Nelson, Senior Vice President & General Counsel[22]
• Michael Seim, MD, Senior Vice President & Chief Quality Officer[23]
• Thomas R. Harlow, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital[24]
• Philip D. Hess, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Philhaven
• Jane E. Hyde, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
• Karen Jones, MD, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Medical Group[25]
• Glen D. Moffett, Esq., senior vice president and general counsel
• Keith D. Noll, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan York Hospital
• Michael F. O'Connor, senior vice president and chief financial officer
• Maria L. Royce, senior vice president, strategy and market development; chief strategy officer[26]
• Carrie Willetts, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital[27]
• Barbara A. Yarrish, RN, senior vice president, post-acute services, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital[28]

• WellSpan Health
• WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
• WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
• WellSpan York Hospital
• WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital
• WellSpan Medical Group
• WellSpan VNA Home Care
• WellSpan Philhaven