Bowling Green’s Med Center Health acquires Russellville hospital
Kentucky Health News
Med Center Health, the nonprofit hospital chain based in Bowling Green, is now the owner of 75-bed Logan Memorial Hospital, and has changed its name to The Medical Center at Russellville. That extends the chain to seven like-named hospitals in Southern Kentucky, from Russellville to Albany.
Med Center Health said the facility will have will have six ICU/CCU beds and 10 swing beds, and serve a population of about 45,000. The purchase, finalized July 1, also includes three medical office buildings on the main campus as well as rural health clinics in Russellville, Auburn and Elkton.
“Med Center Health’s mission is to care for people and improve the quality of life in the communities we serve,” President and CEO Connie Smith said in a news release. “This acquisition aligns perfectly with that mission as we look to further enhance healthcare services for residents of Logan County and surrounding communities. We have a proven track record of improving access to care and services in our rural communities, and we could not be more excited to do the same for our friends and family in Logan County.”
The hospital was owned by the county until 1989, when it was sold to Nashville-based Hospital Corp. of America, which had managed the facility for several years. HCA later became Columbia/HCA Healthcare. In 1999 the hospital was part of that company’s spinoff of rural hospitals into a new firm called Life Point. In 2022, when Life Point acquired Kindred Healthcare, it became part of a new company call ScionHealth, which sold it to Med Center Health.
Dr. Kamal Singh of Russellville, a member of the hospital’s board, said in the release, “We are proud of the quality patient care that we deliver at Logan Memorial Hospital to the local families, Individuals, and our neighbors, and we are very pleased with the progress we have made under ScionHealth’s ownership. We are confident that Med Center Health’s breadth and depth of care services will best serve the local community as they seek to expand services and offer the resources of the most comprehensive health system in the region.”
Med Center Health, which grew out of the government-owned Bowling Green-Warren County Hospital, says it has more than 3,500 employees and 150 employed health-care providers.
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