Ballad Health
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
 | |
| Formerly | Wellmont Health Systems/Mountain States Health Alliance |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Headquarters | 408 N State of Franklin Rd., Johnson City, Tennessee, |
Area served | Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky |
Number of employees | 13,800 [1] |
| Website | www |
Ballad Health is a chain of hospitals headquartered in Johnson City, Tennessee.[2] It includes facilities in Tennessee and Virginia. Some of its locations are also urgent care centers and primary care locations. [3] They operate a blood bank, named Marsh Regional Blood Center. [4]
The healthcare system's website states that its service area includes 29 counties, some of which are in Kentucky and North Carolina.[5]
History
[edit]Ballad Health was created in 2018 when Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health Systems agreed to merge together through the issuance of a certificate of public advantage (COPA) in Tennessee and a similar document known as a cooperative agreement in Virginia.
Ballad Health is a new health system, created specifically to address the most critical healthcare needs of communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. This new kind of healthcare organization is made possible through state oversight and was created with the support of local business community, physicians, educators and countless other people who have a stake in improving the health of the Southern Appalachia region.
Lee County Community Hospital, which had closed in 2013, was reopened by Ballad Health in July 2021. [6]
Dennis Barry, who consulted for the Southwest Virginia Health Authority as a monitor, stated that the Ballad merger meant that healthcare access in portions of Virginia did not collapse during the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
In 2022, they started a virtual urgent care option.[8]
In August, 2023, they posted their first net operating loss for the fiscal year 2023 with a loss of 40 million dollars. [9]
Service area
[edit]The system's official service area includes the following counties in the Appalachian region:[10]
- Tennessee: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington
- Virginia: Buchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe
- North Carolina: Ashe, Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, and Yancey
- Kentucky: Harlan and Letcher
Hospitals
[edit]- Tennessee
- Bristol Regional Medical Center (Bristol)
- Franklin Woods Community Hospital (Johnson City)
- Greeneville Community Hospital (Greeneville)
- Hancock County Hospital (Sneedville)
- Hawkins County Memorial Hospital (Rogersville)
- Holston Valley Medical Center (Kingsport)
- Indian Path Community Hospital (Kingsport)
- Johnson City Medical Center (Johnson City)
- Johnson County Community Hospital (Mountain City)
- Niswonger Children’s Hospital (Johnson City)
- Sycamore Shoals Hospital (Elizabethton)
- Unicoi County Hospital (Erwin)
- Woodridge Hospital (Johnson City)
- Virginia
- Dickenson Community Hospital (Clintwood)
- Johnston Memorial Hospital (Abingdon)
- Lee County Community Hospital (Pennington Gap)
- Lonesome Pine Hospital (Big Stone Gap)
- Norton Community Hospital (Norton)
- Russell County Hospital (Lebanon)
- Smyth County Community Hospital (Marion)
References
[edit]- ^ Miller, Nic (18 February 2022). "Ballad Health announces many initiatives to keep employees after vaccine mandate". www.elizabethton.com.
- ^ Floyd, David (2021-04-25). "Ballad Health keeps eyes on mission during pandemic". Johnson City Press. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
303 Med Tech Parkway
- The address is in Johnson City. - ^ Porter-Nichols, Stephanie (6 February 2023). "Urgent care clinic at Marion hospital reopens". SWVA Today. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Smith, Josh (17 August 2018). "Ballad chooses Marsh Regional Blood Center as exclusive blood supplier". WJHL. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "About Us". Ballad Health. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ Keeling, Jeff (2021-03-12). "Consultant to Va. oversight board: Without merger savings, Lee Co. Community Hospital may not have reopened". WJHL. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ Rife, Luanne (2021-03-11). "Without Ballad merger, monitor says Virginians could have lost health care when they needed it most". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ Keeling, Jeff (16 November 2022). "Get 'seen' from home: Ballad rolls out virtual urgent care option". WJHL. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Ballad operating loss $40 million for fiscal year '23". WJHL. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "After four years of #BalladHealth, we are proud to serve approximately 1.2 million people across the @AppHighlands region. Every year, our commitment to expanding access to rural healthcare grows stronger". Ballad Health (official Twitter account). 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2022-06-22. - Closeup of the image