Promise Hospital of Baton Rouge, a Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospital owned by Promise Healthcare, recently announced an agreement with Baton Rouge General (BRG) that will allow Promise to provide acute inpatient rehabilitation care and skilled nursing services at the hospital’s Mid City campus.
“You won’t find a long-term acute care hospital, a rehabilitation unit, and a skilled nursing unit managed by one company within the same facility anywhere in the Baton Rouge area,” said Bryan Day, EVP of Promise Healthcare, Eastern Division. “This is a crucial service combination that we are proud to be able to offer our community as post-acute care continues to play a vital role in the future of healthcare.”
The agreement begins April 1, and moves the management of BRG’s skilled nursing and inpatient rehab units under Promise’s umbrella. The units will be managed by Promise’s experienced team – creating a more integrated experience for patients. Promise Hospital will continue to house its LTAC hospital on the Mid City campus and several senior leaders will move their offices to Mid City.
“This new agreement and centralized location will provide Promise Hospital with the ability to manage a patient through the entire post-acute care continuum, and will allow our medical staff to provide quality care for a wide range of patient needs,” said Kiley Cedotal, CEO of Promise Hospital of Baton Rouge. “This model of service is designed to ease what can already be a difficult time in a patient’s life. Having all these services managed by one team on the same campus – and therefore creating a seamless transition for the patient throughout their post-acute care needs – can lessen the stress and is expected to further improve patient outcomes.”
Services offered by post-acute care providers, such as Promise Hospital, are becoming increasingly more important for patients and healthcare systems. This model provides a more integrated and better care transition for patients discharged from acute care to the most appropriate post-acute care setting. According to the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, one-fifth of the United States population will be 65 or older by 2030. Patients receiving post-acute care after a major health episode see greater improvement at a quicker rate than those who are discharged without follow-up care.
“Mid City has become a hub for post-acute patient care,” said Edgardo Tenreiro, President CEO of Baton Rouge General Medical Center. “We’ve had tremendous growth over the last few months.” Since last fall, Open Health Care Clinic - an FQHC - opened a clinic on the campus, BRG Physicians opened a new OB/GYN clinic with Dr. Alicia Taylor, Baton Rouge General Home Health - a partnership with LHC Group, - opened its office at Mid City, and the campus’s Family Health Center practice doubled in size. As of March 1, the hospital is more than 75 percent full while the Medical Office Building is more than 90 percent full – up 20 percent from last year.