AUGUST 24, 2021 — KINDRED HOSPITAL CLOSING IN HAMMOND, INDIANA
As part of Franciscan Health’s restructuring efforts, the company will be closing its long-term acute care hospital in Hammond, Indiana effective October 10, 2021.
The decision was driven by the loss of their lease and inability to move the long-term acute care hospital services to another location within Northern Indiana.
The closure will impact 110 employees as a result of the planned building reduction on the Franciscan Health Hammond campus.
FEBRUARY 12, 2020 — Original post…
Louisville, Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare, has announced that it will be closing six long-term acute care hospitals in Texas, four hospitals in the Houston, Texas area, and two in Dallas, Texas area. The Dallas area hospitals are scheduled to close on March 15, 2020, and followed by the Houston area hospitals on March 17, 2020. Approximately 541 employees will be impacted. Long-term acute care hospitals provide intensive patient care for terms longer than those offered by more traditional hospitals.
A company spokesperson noted that this was a strategic decision so that “ we can concentrate our resources into providing the best care possible for the community. Reducing the number of hospitals in Dallas and Fort Worth will help ‘eliminate redundancy, improve efficiency and concentrate or specialty programs with the goal of improving quality.’”
The company is privately owned by a consortium of Humana (40%) and private equity investors (60%).
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