A Delaware County hospital formerly operated as a nonprofit but later acquired by a for-profit corporation can no longer receive tax breaks reserved for nonprofit entities, the Commonwealth Court has ruled, affirming the lower court and rejecting the hospital’s argument that the entire Delaware County Court of Common Pleas bench should have recused.

A three-judge panel consisting of Commonwealth Court Judges Dan Pellegrini, Robert Simpson and Anne E. Covey upheld a trial judge’s order granting a petition to enforce a previous order approving a payment in lieu of a tax agreement and ordering that the tax status of Springfield Hospital be changed to taxable nonexempt effective July 1, 2016.