ACQUISITION TALKS — UPMC is in negotiations to acquire Trinity Medical System, reports Monday indicated. Trinity Medical Center West would be included in the deal. -- Warren Scott

STEUBENVILLE — Health care in the Tri-State Area could soon see a major transformation, if reports coming out of Pittsburgh come to fruition.

UPMC is negotiating to buy Steubenville-based Trinity Health System, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Monday.

The deal, if completed, would include three hospitals, two urgent care centers and a behavioral health and physicians’ office building, according to people familiar with the plans, but who were not authorized to speak publicly about them, the Post-Gazette reported.

Those facilities would include Trinity Medical Center West, Trinity Medical Center East, Trinity H

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