Select Medical and Lutheran Health Network of Indiana formed a joint venture to expand inpatient rehabilitation and critical illness recovery care in Fort Wayne.
As part of the agreement, Lutheran Health Network will contribute its existing 36-bed Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Wayne to the JV. Additionally, the partnership includes future plans to build a new specialty hospital that will provide both inpatient rehabilitation and critical illness recovery (licensed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as long-term acute care) services. Select Medical will serve as the majority owner and managing partner, reports Building Indiana.
A critical illness recovery hospital setting provides care for post-ICU patients who are medically stable but require a high level of continued complex care. Patients currently have to travel outside of the region to access this level of specialty care.
The Rehabilitation Hospital will continue to provide inpatient medical rehabilitative care for patients who have experienced a stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, amputation and other complex orthopedic conditions. The hospital has served the community for more than three decades, and in 2022 earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Stroke Rehabilitation Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. Read more.
