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Date Posted: May 16, 2022

Date Posted: May 10, 2022

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio and BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (May 10, 2022) – Mercy Health – Youngstown and Kindred Rehabilitation Services (KRS), a business unit of LifePoint Health, today announced a joint venture partnership to construct Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a standalone, 60-bed acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital to be located in the Mahoning Valley.

Date Posted: May 10, 2022

Flemingsburg, KY (May 10, 2022) – Fleming County Hospital today announced that it has been named a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader. This designation recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program (NQP) and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.

Date Posted: May 9, 2022

Georgetown, Kentucky – (May 9, 2022) LifePoint’s Central Kentucky facilities today announced that Cliff Wilson has been named chief executive officer (CEO) of Georgetown Community Hospital and market president of Central Kentucky, with operational oversight of Bluegrass Community Hospital, Bourbon Community Hospital, and Clark Regional Medical Center. Wilson will begin his new role on June 6.

Date Posted: Apr 29, 2022

Last Wednesday, LifePoint Health had the privilege of hosting a group of more than 40 veterans from the HONOR Foundation, a career transition program for U.S. Special Operations Forces that helps them transition their elite military service into the private sector and be part of the next generation of corporate and community leaders.

Date Posted: Apr 26, 2022

Sylva & Bryson City, NC (Tuesday, April 19) – Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital today announced that Christopher Munton has been named as permanent chief executive officer (CEO) of its hospitals. His first day in the new role will be Monday, May 16.

Date Posted: Apr 21, 2022

LifePoint Health and Specialist TeleMed (STeM) have announced that an affiliate of LifePoint will lead an investment in STeM. STeM, a leading multi-specialty telemedicine provider for hospitals, clinics and remote locations worldwide, will continue to serve its existing client base of healthcare organizations and further expand its footprint, including within the LifePoint network.

Date Posted: Apr 18, 2022

LifePoint Health Chairman and CEO David Dill recently appeared on the Cadence Conversations podcast to take part in a discussion about how technology is transforming heatlhcare.

Date Posted: Apr 12, 2022

Tampa, FL (April 12, 2022) – Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and Kindred Behavioral Health, a business unit of LifePoint Health, today announced that they have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate the new Tampa General Behavioral Health Hospital.

Date Posted: Apr 6, 2022

Brentwood, TN. (April 6, 2022) – LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum, today announced that Tizgel High has been promoted to chief compliance officer for the enterprise. High most recently served as LifePoint’s deputy compliance officer.

Date Posted: Apr 5, 2022

Chefs Trula and Hayley from Havasu Regional Medical Center were named winners of Lake Havasu City, Arizona's 2022 Top Chef competition, hosted by Lake Havasu Hospitality Association.

Date Posted: Apr 1, 2022

Christopher Rehm, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer for LifePoint Health, has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's latest list of chief medical officers to know.

Date Posted: Mar 22, 2022

Brentwood, Tenn. (March 17, 2022) – LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier®, announced today that it will donate $100,000 in support of Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland and its partner agencies: the Mayfield-Graves County Needline and Food Pantry and the Purchase Area Development District (PADD) Food Bank. The gift is the first deployment of funding as part of LifePoint’s $1 million pledge to help the community of Mayfield, Kentucky rebuild following the devastation caused by the December 2021 tornado that swept through the region.

Date Posted: Mar 8, 2022

Holyoke, MA – (March 8, 2022) – Baystate Health and Kindred Behavioral Health – a division of LifePoint Health – broke ground today in Holyoke on their new state-of-the-art behavioral health hospital being built to meet the community’s increased need for specialized behavioral health services and to address the dire shortage of beds in the region.

Date Posted: Feb 22, 2022

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (February 22, 2022) – Kindred Rehabilitation Services, a wholly owned and operated business unit of LifePoint Health, today announced plans to build and operate a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that will be located off Normandy Village Boulevard on Jacksonville’s west side.

Date Posted: Feb 18, 2022

During Heart Failure Awareness Week, the cardiovascular team at Georgetown Community Hospital (GCH) has been recognized by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) as a champion of the organization's Heart Failure Accreditation.

Date Posted: Feb 16, 2022

Castleview Hospital donated $10,000 towards repairing a popular walkway bridge in nearby Helper County. The bridge recently re-opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Date Posted: Feb 15, 2022

FORT WORTH, Texas (February 15, 2022) – Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth, a freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital operated as a joint venture between Kindred Rehabilitation Services and Texas Health Resources, will begin offering a residency program for prospective Physical Medicine Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians (physiatrists) in 2023. The hospital’s residency program received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in October of 2021 and is currently in development.

Date Posted: Jan 31, 2022

LifePoint Health has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of Jessica (Jessie) Beegle to the newly created role of senior vice president and chief innovation officer.

Date Posted: Jan 28, 2022

Brentwood, Tenn. (January 27, 2022) – LifePoint Health announced the completion of a $100,000 community impact grant program, which ultimately supported 10 non-profit organizations that are championing important health and wellness causes across the Middle Tennessee region. The selected organizations focus on addressing a variety of community needs, including healthcare, housing, education and job training, among others. Each grant recipient was awarded $10,000 to help support its work to improve the lives of those it serves.