Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health has opened Centra Rehabilitation Hospital on the Simons Run Medical Campus. The 50-bed hospital, developed through a joint venture with Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Rehabilitation that was announced in 2022, expands Centra’s rehabilitation capacity by 150%, according…
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