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Healthcare firm spends $50,000 on .org domain name for hospital chain

Tucows sells AHN.org for $50,000 to hospital system.

Healthcare provider and insurance firm Highmark spent $50,000 for the AHN.org domain name, topping Afternic’s list of reportable sales for the prior week.

The domain name is the acronym for Allegheny Health Network, which Highmark disclosed in April as the fresh name for a Pittsburgh hospital system anchored by West Penn Allegheny.

The health insurer bid $1.1 billion to buy the West Penn Allegheny Health System.

Tucows was the seller. The firm offered personalized email address at the domain name.

The .com version AHN.com is owned by Discovery Communications, the firm behind the Discovery TV channel, TLC, and Animal Planet. The domain is not in use.

Update 7/17/13: a reader stated he just saw a billboard in Pittsburgh with the AHN.org domain on it.

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