UNC Lenoir Health Care has engaged Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services to manage inpatient rehabilitation services at its hospital in Kinston, NC.

UNC Lenoir Health Care has provided inpatient rehabilitation services since 1993 and has a long history of offering exceptional care to patients recovering from serious illness or injury, including stroke and brain injury.  The relationship with Kindred Is expected to build on that strong history and foundation.

Under the agreement, Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services will assume management and operations of the 17-bed unit.  

Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services will provide UNC Lenoir Health Care’s Rehabilitation Unit with management programs and best practices in quality rehabilitation services. As a leading provider of rehabilitation program management services, Kindred improves patient outcomes and provides staff training in more than 1,500 hospitals, nursing, and rehabilitation centers and other post-acute care settings across the nation.  It consistently outperforms national industry averages on quality measures.  

“UNC Lenoir Health Care has a longstanding reputation for clinical excellence, innovation in patient care and outstanding quality outcomes,” said Robert Enders, President and CEO of UNC Lenoir.  “We are excited for the opportunity to partner with Kindred to further advance our inpatient rehab services as we implement programs tailored to meet patients’ needs. The UNC Lenoir/Kindred Hospital partnership will ensure our success benefitting our patients, their families and the communities we serve.”

UNC Lenoir, licensed for 199 beds, is a nonprofit organization serving the Lenoir County area with acute, outpatient, and community health services. The hospital has a 114 year history of providing excellent care to the community.  In addition to general medical, surgical, and obstetrical and gynecological care, UNC Lenoir offers specialized services including cardiology, pulmonology, oncology, radiology and urology. Surgical specialties include general, orthopedic and bariatric with a staff trained to take special care during recovery.

UNC Lenoir affiliated with the UNC Health Care System in 2017. UNC Health is an integrated health care system based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and is comprised of UNC Hospitals and its provider network, UNC Faculty Physicians and UNC Physicians Network

Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services provides leading acute rehab services to 22 freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facilities and more than 95 partner hospital locations in the U.S. They partner with acute care hospitals and health systems to optimize performance of acute and post-acute services. Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services is part of Kindred Rehabilitation Services, a division of Kindred Healthcare, LLC.

Kindred Rehabilitation Services is the leading provider of rehabilitation services, including physical, occupational and speech-language therapies, to over 1,500 hospitals and long-term care facilities in 46 states. They are the premier provider of rehabilitation throughout the full continuum of care, including long-term acute care hospitals, nursing and rehabilitation centers, inpatient acute rehab units, independent rehabilitation facilities and hospice and home care locations.