Baptist and Lifepoint Rehabilitation break ground on new rehabilitation hospital in Madison, Mississippi

MADISON, Miss.-More than 40 community members and local business leaders were present today when Baptist Memorial Health Care and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, broke ground on a new 40-bed rehabilitation hospital on a four-acre lot in Madison, Mississippi.

"This is an exciting day for our team and the Madison community," said Bobbie Ware, CEO and administrator of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. "We have spent years planning this hospital and identifying ways Baptist can help expand access to quality and diverse health care in Madison and Mississippi. Seeing this project take off is beyond gratifying for me as a health care leader and citizen of Mississippi."

The new rehabilitation hospital, Baptist Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital-Madison, will offer comprehensive treatment and services, including physical medicine and rehabilitation, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, social services and case management, and nutritional services.

"Lifepoint Rehabilitation is excited to build on our long-standing collaboration with Baptist Memorial Health Care in Germantown, Tennessee, through this new partnership with Mississippi Baptist Medical Center here in Madison, Mississippi," said Russ Bailey, president of Lifepoint Rehabilitation. "We have considered best practices and the latest designs in rehabilitation to make sure we're providing the most advanced and therapeutic environment in a high-tech and high-touch facility. Together, we will build a place of healing and recovery at our Madison rehabilitation hospital."

The 56,000-square-foot facility will feature a secured acquired brain injury unit with private dining, a therapy gym and rooms for multiple therapy protocols. The hospital will also have a courtyard with miniature golf, nature therapy options and varied surface walking paths for patients receiving acute inpatient rehabilitation care for stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, complex neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions, multiple traumas, amputation and other injuries or disorders.

Baptist Memorial Health Care filed a certificate of need for the new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in February 2022. Earl Swensson Associates is the architect for the project, and Brasfield & Gorrie has been engaged as the general contractor.

Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a leading partner of choice for many major hospital systems in the creation of joint venture operations that are industry-leading in clinical and financial outcomes. Through its 45 inpatient rehabilitation facilities and more than 250 hospital-based rehabilitation units, medical-surgical and outpatient therapy settings, Lifepoint Rehabilitation brings proven rehabilitation management and services expertise to help patients recover and return home quickly from a number of conditions, including strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic injuries, neurological conditions, amputations and trauma. Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a business unit of Brentwood, Tennessee-based Lifepoint Health.

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country's largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Consistently ranking among the top integrated health care networks in the country, Baptist Memorial comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, North and Central Mississippi and East Arkansas; a freestanding emergency department; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; Baptist Cancer Center; home, hospice and psychiatric care; walk-in and urgent care clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system that includes Baptist Health Sciences University and a college of osteopathic medicine. Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.com.