Select Medical Adds Two Rehabilitation Hospitals to Its Growing Network

MECHANICSBURG, Pa., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Medical today announced it has purchased an interest in two inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the San Antonio and Phoenix markets from GlobalRehab Management, LLC and its affiliates. Part of a joint venture with Scottsdale Healthcare, GlobalRehab at Scottsdale Healthcare operates 50 beds. The greater Phoenix market also includes three Select Specialty Hospitals and 12 Select Physical Therapy outpatient clinics. The newly named Select Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio operates 42 beds. The San Antonio market also includes one Select Specialty Hospital and two Select Physical Therapy outpatient clinics.

"We are pleased to not only strengthen our post-acute care presence in these markets, but to have found partners equally dedicated to providing high-quality clinical outcomes and a great patient experience," said Robert Ortenzio, CEO of Select Medical. "We welcome our new colleagues into the Select Medical network."

The two hospitals join a dozen other inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the Select Medical network such as Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, one of only seven centers in the country to receive federal designation as a model system for the treatment and research of both spinal cord injury and brain injury. In addition, Select Medical owns West Gables Rehabilitation Hospital in South Florida and has ownership interest in and manages Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation in Dallas, SSM Rehabilitation Hospital in St. Louis, and Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital in Pennsylvania.                     

The company's post-acute care network also includes more than 100 specialty hospitals known as Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospitals and nearly 1,000 outpatient clinics offering physical rehabilitation services and athletic training.

GlobalRehab at Scottsdale Healthcare is located at 8850 East Pima Center Parkway in Scottsdale. Select Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio is located at 19126 Stone Hue in San Antonio. To learn more about Select Medical, visit selectmedical.com.     

SOURCE Select Medical