In graphic detail: Pittsburgh's catawampus healthcare market

The past few weeks saw Pittsburgh's healthcare market creating yet more news. West Penn Allegheny released financial statements that reported the health system lost $51.8 million on operations. A federal judge also ordered the health system to release terms of its deal to be acquired by insurer Highmark.

Maybe you can't keep the legal battles, accusations and deal-making straight as major healthcare players in Pittsburgh fight it out. You are not alone.

Here's a visual that should underscore just how convoluted Pittsburgh's healthcare market has become as three major players battle for market share. (Scroll over the lines between the players for information). The information is based on Modern Healthcare reporting.

If you cannot follow the brouhaha, be thankful we did not try to map the public sniping between the players, which has been heated. An example: Kenneth Melani, chief executive of Highmark, blasted an ad campaign by UMPC as a move to create “chaos and consternation.” Paul Wood, a spokesman for UPMC, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, that anti-competitive allegations by West Penn constituted a “frivolous conspiracy theory” and “public relations nonsense.”

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