Giving Back to the Places We Serve
UPMC, a $30 billion world-renowned health care provider and insurer based in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a nonprofit that:
- Invents new models of accountable, cost-effective, patient-centered care.
- Melds a firm community mission with progressive business models. We're the first nonprofit health system to fully adopt Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Each year, UPMC contributes nearly $2 billion to our communities. This amounts to more than 15 percent of net patient revenue.
Changing Lives and the Future of Health Care
As the largest nongovernment employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC has:
- 100,000 staff members.
- More than 40 academic, community, and specialty hospitals.
- 800 outpatient sites.
- More than 5,000 employed doctors.
- An array of rehab, retirement, and long-term care options.
UPMC has created a genuinely integrated health delivery system, with:
- Renowned centers of excellence in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, rehabilitation, geriatrics, and women’s health.
- Top-ranked hospitals and service lines. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation’s best hospitals in many specialties, along with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital recognized as a national leader in obstetrics & gynecology and UPMC Mercy recognized as a national leader in rehabilitation. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is nationally ranked in all 11 pediatric subspecialties surveyed.
- Our close affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh, which has ranked among the top 10 recipients of National Institutes of Health research funding since 1998.
Offering High-Quality Care at a Lower Price
UPMC’s Insurance Services, the largest medical insurer in western Pa.:
- Supports more than four million members.
- Is driving innovative solutions for high-quality, low-cost health care coverage to improve the lives of its members across a diversity of patient populations.
- Offers health plans to employers, individual members, and those who qualify for Medicare, Medicaid, SNP, CHIP, LTSS and Behavioral Health.
Other UPMC Insurance Services offerings include:
- Absence management.
- Life Solutions health management.
- Health, wellness, and workplace productivity programs.
- Worker’s comp.
Sharing Our Expert Care and Talent Around the World
UPMC's International Division has launched dozens of ventures abroad, such as:
- Hands-on health care management and advisory services to reshape the economics and practice of health care abroad.
- Design and construction oversight of new hospitals or cancer centers.
- Best-in-class treatment programs and advanced technology across a number of specialties to provide high-quality health care close to home.
Our global programs support efforts in three core countries:
Merging the Best of Science and Technology
A recognized leader in health IT innovation, UPMC:
- Continues to set the standard for how technology transforms care. From pioneering electronic health records to advancing biometrics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, UPMC’s IT division delivers cutting-edge solutions both domestically and internationally.
- Has more than 490,000 connected devices, over 3,600 applications, and 70 petabytes of data — including more than 2.7 billion patient records — a digital ecosystem that is vast, secure, and resilient.
- Has been named a Most Wired Healthcare Organization by CHIME for 26 consecutive years, and is one of only 26 organizations nationwide to achieve Level 10 status in both ambulatory and acute care settings — the highest distinction available.
These achievements are driven by a strategic commitment to innovation. UPMC’s IT teams are leading the implementation of UPMC Bridges, a systemwide transformation to a single Epic electronic health record platform that will streamline operations, elevate the patient experience, and unify care delivery across the enterprise. UPMC is also leveraging ambient AI to reduce clinician burnout and enhance patient interactions. These efforts are underpinned by a robust data and analytics infrastructure ensuring that UPMC remains at the forefront of data-informed, patient-centered care.
Solving health care's biggest problems
UPMC Enterprises is the innovation, commercialization, and venture capital arm of UPMC, and invests in developing solutions that benefit the entire health care industry. Focus areas include:
- Translational Sciences: Investing in and supporting the development and commercialization of cutting-edge diagnostics and therapeutics.
- Digital Solutions: Providing strategic, technical, and financial insights to build innovative products and launch novel technologies.
About UPMC
UPMC is a world-renowned, nonprofit health care provider and insurer committed to delivering exceptional, people-centered care and community services. Headquartered in Pittsburgh and affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC is shaping the future of health through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education. Dedicated to advancing the well-being of our diverse communities, we provide nearly $2 billion annually in community benefits, more than any other health system in Pennsylvania. Our 100,000 employees — including more than 5,000 physicians — care for patients across more than 40 hospitals and 800 outpatient sites in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, as well as overseas. UPMC Insurance Services covers more than 4 million members, providing affordable, high-quality, value-based care. To learn more, visit UPMC.com.
