Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. 

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Baptist Health System KY & IN

Gerard Colman

Tyler Smith

Erik Helton

Rebecca Brown

Charlotte Reed

Steven Luther

Christopher Sizemore

Roy Lowdenback

Kim Richards

Stephen J. Scannell

Janet Norton

Tricia Julian

Rick Carrico

Nilesh Desai

Michael Erickson

Marea Aspillaga

Brett Oliver

Angie Mannino

The Healthcare Operations and Management team at Baptist Health System KY & IN is responsible for overseeing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery across the organization. This team manages operations for various care settings, including urgent care and episodic care, ensuring that resources are optimized, financial systems are effective, and that physician recruitment aligns with organizational needs. Their focus on value-based care and operational excellence helps enhance patient outcomes and streamline processes throughout the health system.

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