Ballad Health
| Company type | Healthcare organization |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Johnson City , United States |
Area served | Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina |
Key people | Alan Levine (Chairman, President, and CEO) |
| Products | Hospital and medical facility management, urgent care clinics, primary care offices, blood center services |
Ballad Health is a healthcare organization based in Johnson City, Tennessee, managing a network of hospitals and medical facilities throughout Tennessee, Virginia, as well as sections of Kentucky and North Carolina. Its system comprises hospitals, urgent care clinics, primary care offices, along with the Marsh Regional Blood Center.
Serving a total of 29 counties in its operational region, Ballad Health is currently led by Chairman, President, and CEO Alan Levine, who earned $3.8 million in compensation during 2023. Under Levine's direction, the organization has implemented a strategy that includes shutting down several rural healthcare sites, which has led to a dominant position in the regional healthcare market. Levine also previously co-chaired the healthcare transition for Governor Rick Scott, whose company was penalized with a historic $1.7 billion fine related to Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
History
Established in 2018, Ballad Health resulted from the consolidation of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health Systems, authorized through a certificate of public advantage (COPA) in Tennessee and a cooperative agreement in Virginia.
In July 2021, Ballad Health resumed operations at Lee County Community Hospital, which had been closed since 2013. Dennis Barry, a consultant for the Southwest Virginia Health Authority, highlighted that the merger played a crucial role in preserving healthcare availability in certain Virginia areas amid the COVID-19 crisis.
The organization introduced a virtual urgent care platform in 2022. Nevertheless, fiscal year 2023 marked Ballad Health's first net operating loss, amounting to $40 million.
Service area
Ballad Health caters to nearly 1.2 million residents across the Appalachian region, spanning counties in four states:
- Tennessee: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington
- Virginia: Buchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe
- North Carolina: Ashe, Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey
- Kentucky: Harlan, Letcher
Hospitals
- Tennessee
- Bristol Regional Medical Center (Bristol)
- Franklin Woods Community Hospital (Johnson City)
- Greeneville Community Hospital (Greeneville)
- Hancock County Hospital (Sneedville)
- Hawkins County Memorial Hospital (Rogersville)
- Holston Valley Medical Center (Kingsport)
- Indian Path Community Hospital (Kingsport)
- Johnson City Medical Center (Johnson City)
- Johnson County Community Hospital (Mountain City)
- Niswonger Children’s Hospital (Johnson City)
- Sycamore Shoals Hospital (Elizabethton)
- Unicoi County Hospital (Erwin)
- Woodridge Hospital (Johnson City)
- Virginia
- Dickenson Community Hospital (Clintwood)
- Johnston Memorial Hospital (Abingdon)
- Lee County Community Hospital (Pennington Gap)
- Lonesome Pine Hospital (Big Stone Gap)
- Norton Community Hospital (Norton)
- Russell County Hospital (Lebanon)
- Smyth County Community Hospital (Marion)