Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare will close two of its Chicago market acute care hospitals in the spring as part of plans to consolidate its four long-term acute care facilities in the area.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health acquired Kindred Healthcare and launched ScionHealth, a healthcare company connected to the transaction, in late December 2021.
The decision to close the two hospitals, Kindred Hospitals Sycamore and Lakeshore, comes after consideration of "the excess number of beds in the local community," a spokesperson for Kindred said in an Oct. 29 statement shared with Becker's.
Lifepoint Health does not own the two closing facilities and was not involved in the transaction, a spokesperson for Lifepoint Health confirmed with Becker's.
"The facilities that are being consolidated are not traditional hospitals and do not offer services such as emergency departments or labor and delivery," the statement said.
Kindred plans to offer positions at other Kindred hospitals to employees affected by the closures.
Editor's note: this story was updated Oct. 30 at 3:23 p.m. CT.