Select Medical Corporation and Inova Health System today announced a joint venture to establish the first Critical Illness Recovery Hospital (CIRH) in Northern Virginia. A CIRH is a new service for patients who require an extended stay with specialized clinical attention and support, but no longer need the intensive care provided in an acute care hospital. The 32-bed facility, scheduled to open in the first half of 2023, will be located within Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (IMVH).
“Our new relationship with Select Medical allows Inova to fill a market need and provide this much needed service for Northern Virginia patients and families,” said J. Stephen Jones, MD, President and CEO of Inova Health System. “This specialized post-acute service is not currently offered in this region, requiring patients to be transferred to facilities in Charlottesville, Richmond, or out of state. I’m thrilled that Inova is continuing to find innovative ways to deliver seamless care for patients.”
“As the patient population requiring specialty care continues to grow in Northern Virginia, we are pleased to form this joint venture with Inova to provide world-class inpatient post-acute services to the region,” said Tom Mullin, Executive Vice President of Specialty Hospitals at Select Medical. “We share in a mission with Inova to provide high quality and safe care that enables patients to heal, recover and return to their community.”
Select Medical, one of the nation’s largest post-acute care providers with more than one hundred CIRHs throughout the country, will serve as both majority owner and manager of the critical illness recovery hospital. Once complete, all five Inova hospitals will be able to seamlessly transition patients to the CIRH, enhancing Inova’s continuum of care.
IMVH is an integral member of the Inova Health System and has long served as Mount Vernon’s community hospital, offering emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and behavioral health services. The hospital also provides specialty post-acute care services, including inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, cardiac therapy, and wound care. The development of the CIRH continues the expansion of services available on the hospital’s campus. Inova recently received approval from the Commonwealth to add 20 behavioral health beds at the hospital to address a critical community need for additional inpatient care. Robotic surgery, which allows doctors to perform many types of less invasive procedures with more precision and a quicker recovery time for patients, is also now available.
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