Ballad Health Explained

Ballad Health
Former Name:Wellmont Health Systems/Mountain States Health Alliance
Industry:Health care
Foundation:2018
Location:408 N State of Franklin Rd., Johnson City, Tennessee
Area Served:Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky
Num Employees:13,800 [1]
Location Country:United States

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

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

The system's official service area includes the following counties in the Appalachian region:[10]

Hospitals

Tennessee
Virginia

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miller . Nic . Ballad Health announces many initiatives to keep employees after vaccine mandate . www.elizabethton.com . en . 18 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Floyd. David. Ballad Health keeps eyes on mission during pandemic. Johnson City Press. 2021-04-25. 2021-12-20. 303 Med Tech Parkway. - The address is in Johnson City.
  3. Web site: Porter-Nichols . Stephanie . Urgent care clinic at Marion hospital reopens . SWVA Today . 31 July 2023 . en . 6 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Smith . Josh . Ballad chooses Marsh Regional Blood Center as exclusive blood supplier . WJHL . 31 July 2023 . 17 August 2018.
  5. Web site: About Us. Ballad Health. 2021-12-20.
  6. Web site: Keeling . Jeff . 2021-03-12 . Consultant to Va. oversight board: Without merger savings, Lee Co. Community Hospital may not have reopened . 2021-12-20 . WJHL.
  7. Web site: Rife. Luanne. Without Ballad merger, monitor says Virginians could have lost health care when they needed it most. The Roanoke Times. 2021-03-11. 2021-12-20.
  8. Web site: Keeling . Jeff . Get 'seen' from home: Ballad rolls out virtual urgent care option . WJHL . 31 July 2023 . 16 November 2022.
  9. Web site: Ballad operating loss $40 million for fiscal year '23 . WJHL . 29 August 2023 . 16 August 2023.
  10. Web site: 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. 2022-06-22. - Closeup of the image

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