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Date Posted: Sep 28, 2022

Scottsburg, Indiana (September 28, 2022) – Scott Memorial Health 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 and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.

Date Posted: Aug 19, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center announces it is partnering with Kindred Rehabilitation Services (KRS), a business unit of LifePoint Health, to build and operate a new 80-bed, 86,000 square foot adult inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Columbus. The facility will specialize in treatment and research for patients with stroke, brain and spinal cord injuries.

Date Posted: Aug 11, 2022

Warrenton, VA (Aug. 11, 2022) – Fauquier Health announced today that Rebecca Segal, FACHE, has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective September 6. She joins Fauquier from Rutherford Regional Health System (RRHS), a Duke LifePoint facility in Rutherfordton, NC, where she has served as CEO since 2017. Segal replaces Tony Young, who has been serving as interim CEO at Fauquier for the past several months.

Date Posted: Aug 2, 2022

Pulaski, Tennessee (August 1, 2022) – Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Pulaski (STRHS - Pulaski) today announced that Jason Fugleberg has been named chief executive officer (CEO), effective September 5. Fugleberg joins STRHS – Pulaski from its sister facility Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Winchester (STRHS – Winchester), where he has served as chief nursing officer (CNO) since 2020.

Date Posted: Jul 28, 2022

Winchester, TN (July 27, 2022) – Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Winchester (STRHS - Winchester) announced today that Adam Martin has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective August 22. Martin will also oversee Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Sewanee (STRHS – Sewanee). He joins STRHS – Winchester from its sister facility Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Lawrenceburg (STRHS – Lawrenceburg), where he has served as CEO since 2019.

Date Posted: Jul 25, 2022

Los Alamos, New Mexico (July 20, 2022) – Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) today announced that Tracie Stratton has been named as permanent chief executive officer (CEO). She has served as the hospital’s interim CEO since December 2021.

Date Posted: Jul 18, 2022

​Georgetown Community Hospital is set to anchor a new medical office building with expanded outpatient services, as part of a new 10-acre mixed-use development in Georgetown, Kentucky. The new building will further expand the range of services GCH offers and enhance access to care to continue meeting the health needs of the communities it serves.

Date Posted: Jul 12, 2022

Hartsville, TN (July 12, 2022) – Trousdale Medical Center (TMC), a member of HighPoint Health System, 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 and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.

Date Posted: Jun 17, 2022

Nashville, Tenn. (June 17, 2022) – Ascension Saint Thomas and Kindred Rehabilitation Services, a business unit of Brentwood, Tennessee-based LifePoint Health, today opened Ascension Saint Thomas Rehabilitation Hospital at 310 21st Avenue North on the Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown campus.

Date Posted: Jun 15, 2022

Gallatin, TN (June 15, 2022) – Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) announced today that Rod Harkleroad, RN has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective July 11. Harkleroad will also serve as market president of HighPoint Health System (HighPoint), which includes SRMC as well as Riverview Regional Medical Center (RRMC) in Carthage, Tennessee and Trousdale Medical Center (TMC) in Hartsville, Tennessee. He joins SRMC from Frye Regional Medical Center (FRMC), a Duke LifePoint facility in Hickory, North Carolina, where he has served as CEO since 2020. He will replace Susan Peach, who is retiring after ten years leading SRMC and HighPoint.

Date Posted: May 16, 2022

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 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 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: 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: 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.