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Wheeling Hospital has served the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, Eastern Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania longer than any other hospital in West Virginia. It was founded in 1850 by Bishop Richard V. Whelan and Dr. Simon Hullihen and is owned by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. The hospital has 276 beds, and the medical staff totals 230 primary care and specialty physicians. In addition to the hospital, the complex includes the Bishop Joseph H. Hodges Continuous Care Center, the Wheeling Renal Care and the Howard Long Wellness Center. Connected to the hospital are four medical office buildings where 80 physicians have their private offices. The Wheeling Clinic, a division of Wheeling Hospital, houses more physician offices, the Visiting Nurses Association and the Medical Park Foundation. Belmont Community Hospital, Belmont Health Center, St, Clairsville Health Center and Powhatan Health Center, all in Ohio, and Wellsburg Clinic in Brooke County, WV, are also affiliates of Wheeling Hospital. Wheeling Hospital's Medical Education Department includes residencies in family medicine and osteopathic medicine, as well as a Radiology Program.
Number of Employees 2,999
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NAICS Code General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: 622110
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Wheeling Hospital Renews Management Contract
- 2007-11-02
Wheeling Hospital's board of directors has renewed its management contract with Pittsburgh-based R&V Associates through July 2010.In making the announcement, the board cited the hospital's "growing financial strength, as well as the overall enhancements of its medical services and patient care" as reasons for adding a full two years to...
Wheeling Hospital to Launch Outreach Program
- 2007-06-15
Wheeling Hospital is launching an East Wheeling Outreach to make free health care screenings more readily available to some of the people who most need them.Ronald L. Violi, the hospital's chief executive officer, said community leaders had told them of the need for health screenings. He said to reach as...
Wheeling Hospital Launches New Surgical Procedure
- 2007-03-30
Wheeling Hospital recently became the first medical facility in the Upper Ohio Valley to perform a new thoracic surgical procedure developed to significantly reduce severe complications, mortality rate and recovery time.Dr. Ahmad Rahbar performed the new thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery on 78-year-old Thomas Winland of Brilliant, Ohio. Given Winland's medical...
Atlanta-based Zavata Takes Over Billing at Wheeling Hospital
- 2007-03-23
WHEELING - Improving patient care is the primary reason Wheeling Hospital entered into a partnership with Atlantabased Zavata Inc., a hospital spokesman said.Zavata will manage the hospital's processing of insurance and patient billing, patient registration and credit and collections. The agreement with the global service corporation, which employs more than...
DHHR Recognizes Wheeling Hospital for Cardiac Care
- 2006-08-25
A government report says Wheeling Hospital ranks among the best in the nation - and tops in the Mountain State - for the care it gives cardiac patients.The report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is based on the hospital's handling of patients suffering heart attacks...
Hofreuter Steps Down as President, CEO of Wheeling Hospital
- 2006-02-03
Dr. Donald H. Hofreuter has left his job as president and chief executive officer at Wheeling Hospital.Serving as interim CEO is Ronald L. Viola, who formerly headed Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh and is a principal in R&V Associates, the Pittsburghbased consulting firm hired to lead the search for Hofreuter's successor.Hofreuter,...
Wheeling Hospitals Join to Provide Trauma Services
- 2005-09-30
Wheeling's two hospitals are working together to provide Level 2 trauma services in the Northern Panhandle.The Joint Community Trauma Program, a partnership between Wheeling Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center, ensures those in need of emergency care because of lifethreatening injuries and illnesses can access it around-the-clock without having to...
W.Va. hospital exec sentenced in fraud case.(Wheeling Hospital)(Brief Article)
- 2000-03-06
A U.S. District Court judge in Charleston, W.Va., has sentenced Samuel Nazzaro Sr., the former administrator of 276-bed Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital, to five years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for filing false Medicare cost reports. Nazzaro pleaded guilty in January, admitting...
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