Baptist Health announces joint venture to advance home health services

Louisville, KY (January 31, 2025) – To further expand the delivery of high-quality care to a growing population, Baptist Health announced a joint venture with national home health leader Alternate Solutions Health Network (ASHN) to enhance services across Kentucky, southern Indiana and southern Illinois.

Effective March 3, the joint venture will be owned by Baptist Health and ASHN and will continue operating as Baptist Health Home Care.

“This joint venture will ensure Baptist Health continues to provide the best possible care to its growing number of home health patients while incorporating the operational success from ASHN’s nationwide experience,” said Isaac J. Myers II, MD, chief health integration officer of Baptist Health and president of Baptist Health Medical Group. “We remain committed to consistency in caregivers, which is essential for building trust, delivering personalized care and providing resources for a growing population, all while achieving high-quality outcomes.”

As healthcare continues to evolve, the collaboration between Baptist Health and ASHN presents the opportunity to harness the strengths of both organizations’ expertise to expand home health services while enhancing patient experience and nurturing clinical talent.

Headquartered in Kettering, Ohio, ASHN is recognized as an industry leader in multidisciplinary post-acute care services. Through its commitment to proven solutions, innovative clinical pathways and a steadfast focus on quality outcomes, ASHN has earned trust as a valued partner to some of the nation’s foremost healthcare systems.

“Partnering with Baptist Health marks a new chapter in home health delivery, blending Alternate Solution Health Networks’ expertise with Baptist Health’s esteemed legacy of service,” said Everett Neal, president of ASHN. “As we partner together, we’re not just building a brighter future; we’re building on a foundation of unwavering dedication to the health and well-being of these cherished communities.”

ASHN partners with more than 90 multi-facility home healthcare and hospice healthcare systems across six states through joint ventures that include area partnerships with Adena Health, The Christ Hospital Health Network, Genesis Healthcare System, Kettering Health and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

According to a recent patient survey, patients who choose Baptist Health Home Care are highly satisfied with the care they receive, with a 95% rating for care being marked as either “excellent” or “very good.” Additionally, in the past year, Baptist Health caregivers provided more than 96,600 home care visits. A wide range of home health services are offered including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language therapy, social work and aide services.

To learn more about available services, visit BaptistHealthHomeCare.com.

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Baptist Health

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 10 hospitals, 1,820 employed and more than 2,000 independent physicians, and more than 470 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 two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility in Louisville, Kentucky with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.

About Alternate Solutions Health Network

ASHN was founded in 1999 and has been recognized as a National Homecare Elite Top 1% homecare agency based on outcomes and performance. It has also received Best Places to Work and Better Business Bureau Integrity Awards.