Select Medical Corporation
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Select Medical Corporation is a leading provider of specialized health care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
, Select Medical has 27,300 employees throughout the United States. The company was co-founded in 1996 by Rocco Ortenzio
and Robert Ortenzio. Its parent company is Select Medical Holdings Corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
as .
) hospitals and medical rehabilitation hospitals. LTAC
hospitals are designed for medically complex and critically ill patients who require a longer acute care hospitalization. The medical rehabilitation hospitals provide intensive rehabilitation to patients recovering from traumatic injuries and other serious conditions. Select Medical currently operates 110 LTAC
hospitals in 28 states
s) primarily operate as Select Specialty Hospitals. These hospitals provide highly specialized care to promote recovery from the most critical and complex medical and surgical conditions. Every Select LTAC hospital has many physicians on staff representing different specialties, as well as an experienced team of caregivers including nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and rehabilitation therapists. The hospitals are designed to offer patients a longer length of stay and a more resource-intensive level of physician and nursing care, respiratory services and individualized therapies.
Select Specialty Hospitals provide a wide range of programs designed to treat:
Select Specialty Hospitals offer a variety of services including, but not limited to, the following: daily physician visits; multi-specialty medical and surgical consultants; low nurse to patient ratio; 24-hour nursing and respiratory; on-site physical, speech and occupational therapy; on-site pharmacy; cardiac monitoring; diagnostic and laboratory services; case management; discharge planning and more. The hospitals are subject to all of the same medical review processes that Medicare uses to monitor all other health care facilities, including on-site surveys and intensive audits of medical records. LTAC
hospitals are held to the same standards or conditions of participation as general hospitals in order to care for Medicare beneficiaries. At Select Specialty Hospital, state-of-the-art technology, a patient-centered team approach, and evidence-based protocols are combined to return each patient to the most productive and fulfilling life possible, based on the patient's condition.
is part of Select Medical Corporation. As the nation's largest single rehabilitation hospital, Kessler Institute continues to define medical rehabilitation through highly specialized care, advanced treatment and state-of-the-science technologies. For the past 17 years, Kessler Institute has received recognition as one of the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, Kessler Institute is one of only six federally designated Model Systems in the country for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries. Select Medical operates 8 Medical Rehabilitation Hospitals in 5 states
Specializes in treatment of individuals with:
The Select Medical outpatient division consists of 945 outpatient rehabilitation centers located in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
The centers operate primarily as:
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA, eight miles west of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mechanicsburg was settled in 1806 and incorporated as a borough on April 12, 1828...
, Select Medical has 27,300 employees throughout the United States. The company was co-founded in 1996 by Rocco Ortenzio
Rocco Ortenzio
Rocco Ortenzio is an American businessman and entrepreneur, who during his career has founded several health care companies.Ortenzio co-founded Select Medical Corporation in 1996 with his son, Robert Ortenzio...
and Robert Ortenzio. Its parent company is Select Medical Holdings Corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
as .
Mission statement
Select Medical Corporation has the following mission statement:Inpatient
Select Medical's Inpatient Division is composed of: long-term acute care (LTACLong-term acute care facility
A long-term acute care facility is a hospital specializing in treating patients requiring extended hospitalization....
) hospitals and medical rehabilitation hospitals. LTAC
Long-term acute care facility
A long-term acute care facility is a hospital specializing in treating patients requiring extended hospitalization....
hospitals are designed for medically complex and critically ill patients who require a longer acute care hospitalization. The medical rehabilitation hospitals provide intensive rehabilitation to patients recovering from traumatic injuries and other serious conditions. Select Medical currently operates 110 LTAC
Long-term acute care facility
A long-term acute care facility is a hospital specializing in treating patients requiring extended hospitalization....
hospitals in 28 states
Inpatient LTAC
Select Medical’s long-term acute care hospitals (LTACLong-term acute care facility
A long-term acute care facility is a hospital specializing in treating patients requiring extended hospitalization....
s) primarily operate as Select Specialty Hospitals. These hospitals provide highly specialized care to promote recovery from the most critical and complex medical and surgical conditions. Every Select LTAC hospital has many physicians on staff representing different specialties, as well as an experienced team of caregivers including nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and rehabilitation therapists. The hospitals are designed to offer patients a longer length of stay and a more resource-intensive level of physician and nursing care, respiratory services and individualized therapies.
Select Specialty Hospitals provide a wide range of programs designed to treat:
- Cardiac/Heart Failure
- Infectious DiseaseInfectious diseaseInfectious diseases, also known as communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism...
- Medically Complex Treatment
- Neuro/Post-Trauma
- Pulmonary/Ventilator Weaning
- Renal
- Wound CareWoundA wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured , or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion . In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.-Open:...
Select Specialty Hospitals offer a variety of services including, but not limited to, the following: daily physician visits; multi-specialty medical and surgical consultants; low nurse to patient ratio; 24-hour nursing and respiratory; on-site physical, speech and occupational therapy; on-site pharmacy; cardiac monitoring; diagnostic and laboratory services; case management; discharge planning and more. The hospitals are subject to all of the same medical review processes that Medicare uses to monitor all other health care facilities, including on-site surveys and intensive audits of medical records. LTAC
Long-term acute care facility
A long-term acute care facility is a hospital specializing in treating patients requiring extended hospitalization....
hospitals are held to the same standards or conditions of participation as general hospitals in order to care for Medicare beneficiaries. At Select Specialty Hospital, state-of-the-art technology, a patient-centered team approach, and evidence-based protocols are combined to return each patient to the most productive and fulfilling life possible, based on the patient's condition.
Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation
Kessler Institute for RehabilitationKessler Institute for Rehabilitation
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation is a division of the Select Medical Corporation that provides physical medicine and rehabilitation programs and services. There are currently three inpatient rehabilitation facilities located throughout New Jersey. On June 1, 2010, Kessler Institute for...
is part of Select Medical Corporation. As the nation's largest single rehabilitation hospital, Kessler Institute continues to define medical rehabilitation through highly specialized care, advanced treatment and state-of-the-science technologies. For the past 17 years, Kessler Institute has received recognition as one of the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, Kessler Institute is one of only six federally designated Model Systems in the country for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries. Select Medical operates 8 Medical Rehabilitation Hospitals in 5 states
Specializes in treatment of individuals with:
- Brain InjuryBrain injuryA brain injury is any injury occurring in the brain of a living organism. Brain injuries can be classified along several dimensions. Primary and secondary brain injury are ways to classify the injury processes that occur in brain injury, while focal and diffuse brain injury are ways to classify...
- Spinal Cord InjurySpinal cord injuryA spinal cord injury refers to any injury to the spinal cord that is caused by trauma instead of disease. Depending on where the spinal cord and nerve roots are damaged, the symptoms can vary widely, from pain to paralysis to incontinence...
- StrokeStrokeA stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
- AmputationAmputationAmputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...
- Neurological disorders
- Orthopedic conditions
- Multiple traumasPhysical traumaTrauma refers to "a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident." It can also be described as "a physical wound or injury, such as a fracture or blow." Major trauma can result in secondary complications such as circulatory shock, respiratory failure and death...
Outpatient Physical Rehabilitation
Select Medical's Outpatient Division includes outpatient physical rehabilitation centers and contract therapy. The outpatient clinics provide a wide range of services including physical therapy, hand therapy, low back rehabilitation, work injury management, sports performance and other specialized services.The Select Medical outpatient division consists of 945 outpatient rehabilitation centers located in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
The centers operate primarily as:
- Select Physical Therapy
- NovaCare RehabilitationNovaCare RehabilitationNovaCare Rehabilitation is a division of the Select Medical Corporation. NovaCare Rehabilitation operates as part of Select Medical Corporation's Outpatient Division which includes approximately 959 locations in 36 states and the District of Columbia and operates primarily as Select Physical...
- Kessler Rehabilitation Center
- KORT (Kentucky Orthopedic Rehab Team)
Contract Therapy
Select Medical's contract therapy services division, Select Medical Rehabilitation Services, provides physical, occupational and speech-language therapy services to skilled nursing facilities, assisted living and senior care centers, schools, pediatric centers, acute care hospitals, CCRCs, worksites and private homes across the nation. Contract Therapy is provided at 500+ locationsAcquisitions
- September 1, 2010, Select Medical Corporation acquired Regency Hospital Company including 23 LTAC hospitals.
- May 1, 2007, Select Medical Corporation acquires HealthSouth'sHealthSouthHealthSouth Corporation , based in Birmingham, Alabama, is the nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitative hospitals. Operating in 26 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves patients through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals , outpatient...
Outpatient Rehabilitation Division including 600 facilities in 35 states and DC.
Joint Ventures
- April 1, 2011, Select Medical Corporation and the Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System announced the joint venture partnership. The joint venture includes two rehabilitation hospitals and 30 outpatient physical rehabilitation locations. Select Medical Corporation will run the daily operations and services will be provided as part of the Baylor Health Care System.
- December 8, 2009, Select Medical Corporation and the St. Louis-based SSM Health Care announced the joint venture partnership. The joint venture includes an inpatient rehabilitaion hospital and 33 outpatient physical rehabilitation locations. Also providing other services including speech and occupational therapy. Select Medical Corporation will manage the joint venture and day to day operations within the SSM Health Care network.