LouisvilleKY-based Kindred Healthcare earns Fortune recognition

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred” or the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) today announced that it was named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine. This is the eighth time the Company has made the list. Kindred ranked third for innovation among the companies in the “Health Care: Medical Facilities” category.

The list of the World’s Most Admired Companies is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Fortune collaborated with its partner Korn Ferry Hay Group on this survey of corporate reputations. To determine the best-regarded companies in 51 industries, Korn Ferry Hay Group asked executives, directors, and analysts to rate enterprises in their own industry on nine criteria, from investment value and quality of management and products to social responsibility and ability to attract talent. A company’s score must rank in the top half of its industry survey to be listed. More information and the list of the 2017 World’s Most Admired Companies is available here: fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies.

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“Being named to Fortune’s list of the Most Admired Companies is a tribute to the hard work of our employees,” said Benjamin A. Breier, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “Ranking third for innovation is a reflection of our strategic vision to create post-acute care solutions and deliver effective care coordination across the entire patient episode. At Kindred, we are positioned to be a unique provider of coordinated post-acute care and a post-acute benefits management company now and into the future.”

Kindred has been developing high-performance post-acute care networks through partnerships with health systems. The future will be driven by collaborative efforts to deliver coordinated post-acute care with other providers, enabled by technology and data-driven care management capabilities. Kindred’s Contact Center, staffed by clinical professionals 24 hours a day, is a critical component of the Company’s approach to care management. This team provides direct patient guidance and education through the Company’s 866-KINDRED toll-free number, as well as AfterCare support and post-acute care benefits coordination on behalf of the Company’s hospital partners.

About Kindred Healthcare

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-90 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of approximately $7.2 billion(1). As of October 1, 2016, Kindred through its subsidiaries had approximately 102,200 employees providing healthcare services in 2,702 locations in 46 states, including 82 long-term acute care hospitals, 19 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 91 nursing centers, 19 sub-acute units, 647 Kindred at Home home health, hospice and non-medical home care sites of service, 104 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and contract rehabilitation service businesses which served 1,740 non-affiliated sites of service. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Healthcare Companies for eight years, Kindred’s mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.