Morgantown, W.Va.-based Monongalia Health System is one step closer to completely absorbing Davis Health System after the two parties signed a definitive agreement to merge Oct. 11 following regulatory and other approvals.
Elkins, W.Va.-based Davis Health is a three-hospital system. MHS is a subsidiary of Charleston, W.Va-based Vandalia Health, a nine-hospital system. The transaction is expected to close Dec. 31, according to a Vandalia notice filed Oct. 11.
Vandalia Health employs more than 11,000 people.