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Jefferson Health buys Rothman specialty hospital in Bensalem

Jefferson Health said Thursday it acquired a controlling stake in Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, in Bensalem. The price or was not disclosed. Jefferson previously owned 15 percent of the Bensalem facility.

Jefferson Health said Thursday it acquired a controlling stake in Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, in Bensalem.

The price or was not disclosed. Jefferson previously owned 15 percent of the Bensalem facility.

The other partners, as of 2012, were the physician-owned Rothman Institute, with 64 percent ownership; Holy Redeemer Health System, which owned 5 percent; and Nueterra Healthcare, a manager if physician-owned hospitals, owned the rest.

The Rothman hospital opened in 2010. It has has 24 beds and six operating rooms. It will be Jefferson's ninth hospital in the Philadephia region, the tax-exempt system based in Center City said.

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