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New Rehabilitation Hospital Serving Patients in Jacksonville
May 16, 2024JACKSONVILLE, Flor. (May 16, 2024) – North Florida Rehabilitation Hospital celebrated its grand opening today with a community open house and ribbon cutting ceremony. The new 50-bed facility is operated by Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, and is the region’s first free-standing inpatient rehabilitation facility west of the St.…
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Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Loma Linda University Health announce joint venture partnership to build new inpatient rehabilitation facility
May 08, 2024Loma Linda, Calif. and Brentwood, Tenn. (May 8, 2024) – Loma Linda University Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, announced today that they have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Loma Linda. For 30 years, Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus has…
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Eleven Lifepoint Hospitals Earn "A" Hospital Safety Grade
May 02, 2024Eleven Lifepoint Health hospitals achieved an "A" Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2024 from The Leapfrog Group, a respected nonprofit organization setting high standards for patient care excellence. Leapfrog evaluates general hospitals nationwide, assigning grades (A, B, C, D, or F) based on over 30 performance measures, reflecting areas such as errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, along with the preventive systems hospitals have in place.
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Mercy Health and Lifepoint Behavioral Health Break Ground on New Behavioral Hospital
April 17, 2024Youngstown, OH, and Brentwood, TN – Mercy Health - Youngstown and Lifepoint Behavioral Health, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, broke ground today on a new behavioral health hospital. The new hospital is the result of a joint venture partnership between Mercy Health - Youngstown and Lifepoint Behavioral Health that was announced last year. The…
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Lifepoint Rehabilitation Acquires Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility in San Antonio, Texas from Everest Rehabilitation Hospitals
April 16, 2024Brentwood, Tenn. (April 16, 2024) – Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health®, today announced that it has acquired an inpatient rehabilitation facility in San Antonio, Texas from Everest Rehabilitation Hospitals, a multispecialty rehabilitation hospital company. “We are so pleased to welcome the San Antonio team to Lifepoint,”…
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Central Carolina Hospital Announces Leadership Transformation with new CEO and CNO; Dave Santoemma and Connette Gill
April 01, 2024Central Carolina Hospital recently announced the permanent appointment of two notable members of the hospital’s leadership team. Dave Santoemma has been named chief executive officer (CEO), with Connette Gill at the helm of nursing operations as chief nursing officer (CNO).
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Northeast Georgia Health System and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Break Ground on New Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
March 29, 2024Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, broke ground today on a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Gainesville, Georgia. Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Institute is a joint venture partnership between NGHS and Lifepoint Rehabilitation that was announced last year. With a total of 40 private rooms,…
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Wythe County Community Hospital Named Lifepoint Health National Quality Leader
March 20, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital (WCCH) today announced that it has been named a Lifepoint Health National Quality Leader. This prestigious 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. The hospital celebrated the notable accomplishment on Wednesday, March 20, at an event onsite at the hospital surrounded by employees, physicians, community dignitaries and Lifepoint Health leaders.
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New Behavioral Health Hospital Serving Patients in McKinney, Texas
March 14, 2024Collin Springs Behavioral Health Hospital (Collin Springs) celebrated its grand opening this week with a community open house and ribbon cutting. The new 56,000-square-foot facility has 72 beds for behavioral healthcare for children and adolescents (ages 5-17), adults and geriatric patients. Located centrally in McKinney, the hospital is operated by Lifepoint Behavioral…
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Ashley Regional Medical Center announces new CEO, Alan Olive
February 22, 2024Ashley Regional Medical Center, a Lifepoint Health hospital, announced that Alan Olive has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective February 19
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Blake Hubbard named CEO of Valley View Medical Center
February 21, 2024Valley View Medical Center, a Lifepoint Health hospital, announced that Blake Hubbard has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective February 19.
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Five Lifepoint hospitals recognized in 100 top rural and community hospitals
February 16, 2024The Chartis Center for Rural Health released its annual list of the top 100 rural and community hospitals in the U.S. on Feb. 15, and five Lifepoint hospitals were among those making this year's list. To determine the 2024 list, Chartis used the Chartis Rural Hospital Strength INDEX, which assesses performance in inpatient market share, outpatient market share, quality, outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge and finance.
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UCI Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Break Ground on New Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
February 16, 2024UCI Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, broke ground today on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Irvine, Calif. The UCI Health Rehabilitation Hospital is a joint venture partnership between UCI Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation that was announced in 2022. The 68,000-square-foot, two-story facility will function as a…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center announces opening of new cardiovascular center
February 15, 2024Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, a Duke LifePoint hospital, announced today the opening of the new Cardiovascular and Surgical Care Pavilion. The completion of the 75,000-square-foot, three-story building was celebrated with public officials, construction representatives, healthcare partners, and community members on Thursday, February 15.
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UW Health, UnityPoint Health – Meriter and Lifepoint Rehabilitation to build new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Fitchburg
February 13, 2024UW Health, UnityPoint Health – Meriter and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, are expanding their existing partnership and will be building and operating a second free-standing inpatient rehabilitation hospital in the greater Madison area. With 40 all-private rooms, the new 58,000-square-foot facility will be located in Fitchburg. It…
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Lifepoint Health Appoints Two Leaders to Key Roles
February 05, 2024Bob Barrett Assumes New Role as Senior Vice President, Growth and Transformation; Bill Ziesmer Joins Company as Chief Financial Officer for Western Division.
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Canyon Vista Medical Center Spearheads Naloxone Distribution Program in Cochise County to Combat Opioid Crisis
January 19, 2024Canyon Vista Medical Center (CVMC) is proud to announce its pivotal role as the inaugural distributor of the Naloxone Distribution Program (NDP) in Cochise County, Arizona. With a commitment to addressing the opioid epidemic, CVMC is at the forefront of combating opioid use disorder and overdose.
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Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Announce New Joint Venture to Operate Free-Standing Rehabilitation Hospital in Rogers
January 18, 2024Mercy and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, have completed a joint venture agreement to operate Rogers Rehabilitation Hospital.
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Meadowview Regional Medical Center Earns National Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
January 11, 2024Meadowview Regional Medical Center Earns National Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
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Saline Health System starts program aimed at addressing addiction
January 10, 2024Saline Health System starts program aimed at addressing addiction.
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