St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Selected to Join New Health System, ScionHealth
October 26, 2021
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St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Selected to Join New Health System, ScionHealth
Hospital to be among several LifePoint Health hospitals to launch new company
Lewiston, Idaho – St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (St. Joe’s) today announced that it is among 18 LifePoint Health hospital campuses and associated sites of care selected to become part of a new national health system called ScionHealth.
St. Joe’s is currently part of LifePoint Health, which announced earlier this year plans to acquire leading post-acute provider Kindred Healthcare. As part of that acquisition, the companies announced today that they intend to create ScionHealth, a new company that will be comprised of 61 long-term acute care hospitals from Kindred and 18 of LifePoint’s hospital campuses and associated sites of care – including St. Joe’s.
As part of ScionHealth, St. Joe’s will continue to have access to capital to invest in its facility and community, as well as resources and support to accelerate its ongoing efforts to enhance healthcare delivery and expand the services available in the LC Valley and surrounding communities.
“The opportunity to join ScionHealth is exciting,” said Sandy Podley, Western Division President, LifePoint Health. “As part of this new company, St. Joe’s will have access to more targeted resources and collaboration that will help its team to serve patients and communities in new ways and create new opportunities for our employees. We believe this transition will be a positive one for employees, physicians and the community.”
All St. Joe’s employees will transition to ScionHealth once the transition is completed. Rob Jay, currently executive vice president of integrated operations at LifePoint, will serve as ScionHealth’s chief executive officer. The company will be headquartered in Louisville, Ky.
While very little change in day-to-day operations is anticipated, St. Joe’s is committed to ensuring that its transition to the new company is seamless for patients, providers and employees. Patients will continue to receive great care from the providers they know and trust, and there will be no changes in any services – or in how patients or providers access care.
“I am excited at the prospect of welcoming St. Joe’s to ScionHealth,” said Jay. “I look forward to working with its employees and physicians to explore new ways that we can improve the health of people across the communities it serves.”
Pending regulatory approval and satisfaction of customary closing conditions, LifePoint and Kindred expect the launch of ScionHealth to be completed by the end of the year.
For more information, visit lifepointhealth.net/news.
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About St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, part of LifePoint Health, is the largest full-service regional medical center between Boise and Spokane providing advanced-level specialty healthcare. Our commitment to providing safe, exceptional care for our community means having highly skilled and certified physicians on our healthcare team and a quality facility with the latest in medical technology. St. Joe’s has more than 120 board-certified physicians and providers, active in both primary care and specialty practice. We seek to enhance the quality of life of the citizens we serve in our local communities through the promotion of health, by assuring compassion, sharing knowledge, providing technology, and communicating a love for what we do. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center – Making Communities Healthier® by Continuing the Healing Ministry of Jesus.
For more information about St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, visit sjrmc.org. For more information about LifePoint Health, visit LifePointHealth.net