Ballad Health to keep former rival hospitals open, restructure services: 4 notes

Ballad Health, a health system formed by a recent merger, will keep the once-competing Greenville Tenn.-based hospitals — Takoma Regional Hospital and Laughlin Memorial Hospitals — open, according to The Citizen Tribune.

Here are four things to know:

1. Ballad Health was formed by the merger of Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance. Takoma Regional was formerly owned by Wellmont, and Laughlin was formerly owned by Mountain States.

2. Ballad Health will keep both hospitals open with a unified approach to reduce any duplicate services.

3. In early 2019, Takoma Regional will transition to an advanced outpatient, nonacute inpatient facility. Laughlin will provide acute inpatient services, according to a WJHL news report.

4. Both hospitals, due for a name change, will operate as one entity with two campuses. The new names will be revealed later.

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