Jeffersonville, Indiana – On August 11, Clark Memorial Health (CMH) in collaboration with Norton Healthcare and LifePoint Health, ceremoniously broke ground on a new outpatient care center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. A small group of leaders from the hospital, Norton Healthcare and LifePoint gathered to celebrate the first dig marking the beginning of construction for the facility, made possible by a $17.2 million investment from LifePoint Health.
“We are eager to break ground and begin construction on this new facility, which will expand our service offerings and ensure high-quality care close to home for those we serve,” said Martin Padgett, CMH chief executive officer. “Today, we take another exciting step in advancing our mission of Making Communities Healthier, and we look forward to seeing this important project come to fruition.”
The nearly 35,000-square-foot outpatient facility will have 6 emergency exam rooms, a trauma room, CT scanner, lab and physician practice space. The free-standing emergency department will be open 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, with no appointment necessary. The imaging center’s hours of operation will be 8 hours a day, Monday through Friday, and will provide x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, screening mammography, DEXA scans and echo.
Hospital officials anticipate that the center will hire approximately 45 full-time employees in the first year.
"This is a huge win for the City of Jeffersonville," Mayor Mike Moore said. "Neighborhood health care is crucial and with the amount of residential growth and commercial development in this area, this groundbreaking couldn't have come at a better time. We're excited about the resources and job opportunities this outpatient care center will bring."
“We are excited to continue to develop our service offerings in Southern Indiana,” stated Russell F. Cox, president and chief executive officer of Norton Healthcare.
Additionally, the facility will house three separate suites for the primary care office, behavioral health services and medi-spa. The physician clinic and medi-spa will be managed by Clark Medical Group (CMG). This practice will also focus on partnering with businesses in the area by offering an employer-based clinic model in addition to seeing patients within a traditional practice model.
“Building this outpatient center is just one more example of how deeply we care about this community and how we are always looking for ways to better serve its needs,” emphasized Cherie Sibley, FACHE, president of LifePoint’s central division, of which CMH is a part. “We look forward to the exciting day when we can open this facility and make high-quality emergency services more convenient and accessible for our patients in Jeffersonville.”
The facility is expected to open in 2022.
About Clark Memorial Health
Clark Memorial Health, part of the Regional Health Network of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, a Norton Healthcare and LifePoint Health partnership, is a 236-bed acute care facility located on a 22-acre campus, along with two medical office buildings and an outpatient surgery center, in Jeffersonville, Ind. The hospital offers comprehensive emergent, acute, and elective health care services including cardiology; cancer care; general, orthopedic, and thoracic and vascular surgery; imaging and interventional radiology; women’s health and obstetrics. Clark Memorial also owns a Diagnostic Imaging Center and manages its growing physician offices through the Clark Medical Group, which employees more than 50 providers. For more information about Clark Memorial Health, please call (812) 283-6631 or visit clarkmemorial.org.
About Norton Healthcare
Norton Healthcare is a leader in serving adult and pediatric patients from throughout Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The not-for-profit hospital and health care system is Louisville’s third largest employer, with more than 17,000 employees, over 1,500 employed medical providers and approximately 2,000 total physicians on its medical staff. The system includes five hospitals with 1,907 licensed beds, seven outpatient centers, 16 Norton Immediate Care Centers, eight Norton Prompt Care at Walgreens clinics and an expanded telehealth program. It provides care at more than 300 locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The hospitals provide inpatient and outpatient general care as well as specialty care including heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedic, women’s and pediatric services. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a multitude of areas. In 2020, Norton Healthcare was named by Healthiest Employers as the fourth healthiest place to work in the country and has twice been awarded an honorable mention for the C. Everett Koop National Health Awards. In 2020, Norton Healthcare’s five hospitals and Norton Cancer Institute were named LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leaders by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, earning a top score of 100 on the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) for the third year in a row. More information is available at NortonHealthcare.com.
About LifePoint Health
LifePoint Health is a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier®. Through its subsidiaries, it provides quality inpatient, outpatient and post-acute services close to home. LifePoint owns and operates community hospitals, regional health systems, physician practices, outpatient centers, and post-acute facilities in 22 states. It is the sole community healthcare provider in the majority of the non-urban communities it serves. More information about the Company can be found at www.LifePointHealth.net. All references to “LifePoint,” “LifePoint Health” or the “Company” used in this release refer to affiliates or subsidiaries of LifePoint Health, Inc.
