Kindred

Congratulations to the team at Kindred Hospital Paramount, on earning the ScionHealth National Quality Strategy’s Overall Platinum Award – the company’s highest award for quality – for the second consecutive year! Kindred Paramount has been a model for quality and patient safety. Among its many achievements in harm prevention, the facility has gone more than 1,330 days without a single patient developing a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) or central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). ScionHealth Specialty Hospitals President Linn Billingsley visited Paramount this month to recognize the team and present a crystal award to Market CEO Mark Apodaca. Joining them in the photo below are, from left to right, Kindred Hospital Paramount Director of Quality Management Mohmadsalim “Sam” Mirza, Director of Nursing Heide Datoon, Chief Operating Officer/Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Cunningham, and Chief of Staff Dr. Mehmet Pekerol. Thank you to these leaders and the entire Kindred Paramount team for your dedication to high-quality care! To learn more about Kindred Hospital Paramount, please visit: https://bit.ly/4nJbaZE

Congratulations to Kindred Hospital Westminster for earning the ScionHealth National Quality Strategy’s Overall Platinum Award – the company’s highest award for quality – based on performance in a range of quality measures in the categories of Safety, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Timeliness, Patient-Centeredness, and Equity. Specialty Hospitals President Linn Billingsley visited Westminster this month to celebrate the team and present them with a special crystal award. In the photo below, Westminster Chief Clinical Officer/Chief Operating Officer Hector Ancheta, is holding up the trophy, with Linn pictured to the right of him. Thank you to everyone at Kindred Hospital Westminster and our other Platinum Award-winning hospitals for your dedication to quality and patient safety. To learn more about Kindred Hospital Westminster, please visit: https://bit.ly/4tHV9o2

Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs or LTACHs) such as Kindred Hospitals play a critical role in caring for some of our nation’s sickest and most medically complex patients. To help inform policy discussions in Congress about improving access to long-term acute care and supporting the patients who need it, Kindred worked with other industry stakeholders to develop new LTCH Reform Policy Principles. Read more about the principles here: https://bit.ly/3OVaTpo

Kindred Hospital Indianapolis, Kindred Hospital Indianapolis North, and our parent company, ScionHealth, were well-represented with a big group of leaders and team members over the weekend at the American Lung Association in Indiana's hugely successful Evening of Promise Gala, which raised money for the ALA's fight against lung diseases that affect thousands of Hoosier families each year. The ScionHealth Foundation supported the event, and Nakia Tremble, ScionHealth's SVP of Central Region Specialty Hospital Operations and the Board Chair of ALA in Indiana, was a featured speaker. As hospitals specializing in the treatment of complex respiratory conditions, we're so proud of Nakia's leadership and advocacy for the ALA and the advancement of lung health. Congratulations to the ALA, and thank you to everyone who supported the Gala!

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and we salute all the survivors of brain injuries and thank the caregivers at our specialty hospitals for their role in helping brain injury patients achieve remarkable recoveries. Our team at Kindred Hospital San Antonio is a leader in this space as the first Kindred Hospital to have earned Brain Injury Rehabilitation certification from Joint Commission. Kindred San Antonio is also the only long-term acute care hospital in its city with that prestigious certification. Learn more at the link below: https://lnkd.in/gj7EgvTh

Leaders from Kindred Hospital Indianapolis and Kindred Hospital Indianapolis North hiked up 47(!) flights of stairs of the Salesforce Tower on March 7 in support of the American Lung Association in Indiana's Fight for Air Climb. The 2026 Indy climb has raised more than $236,000 to help the ALA's work to advance lung health. Kindred Hospitals, part of ScionHealth and leaders in respiratory care for medically complex patients, are proud to be the National Corporate Team Partner of the ALA's Fight for Air Climbs around the country.

Each February, ScionHealth proudly celebrates Black History Month as a time to highlight the countless, invaluable contributions Black Americans have made to our culture and society. It is also a time to honor all that Black people have achieved and overcome throughout history and the courage and determination they’ve shown in the process.

Thank you to U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey, left, who represents Louisville, Kentucky, for visiting Kindred Hospital Louisville Friday morning to learn more about the specialty care we provide to medically complex patients recovering from serious injury or illness. The Congressman received a tour from Kindred Hospitals of Louisville Market CEO, Timothy Phoenix, right, and they discussed public policy issues related to long-term acute care hospitals and supporting patients. We’re grateful to ScionHealth VP of Policy and Government Affairs Steve Albrecht and Rep. McGarvey’s staff for helping set up this visit.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” — Martin Luther King Jr. On this MLK Jr. Day, we reflect on the importance of compassion, service, and putting others first — values that continue to guide the care we provide every day.

Happy Pharmacists Day to our dedicated pharmacists! From medication safety to patient education, your knowledge and compassion make a meaningful difference in the care we provide.