Select Medical signs agreement with Ballad Health

Select Medical (SEM) announced it signed a membership interest purchase agreement with Ballad Health to jointly operate Select Specialty Hospital – Tri-Cities, a critical illness recovery hospital in Kingsport, Tenn. The facility, licensed as long-term acute care, will be a hospital-in-hospital located in Ballad Health’s Indian Path Community Hospital. Select Medical will serve as the majority owner and managing partner of the 46-bed joint venture hospital with Ballad Health. The hospital, which is currently owned and operated by Select Medical, will relocate from Ballad Health’s Bristol Regional Medical Center to Indian Path Community Hospital following regulatory approval.