Ernest Health Announces Six-Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Expansion Across North Carolina

Ernest Health announced the first phase of its North Carolina development program, which includes six freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospitals planned for Winston-Salem, Mooresville, Gastonia, Hickory, South Asheville/Arden, and Goldsboro. Sites have been secured in all six markets and are under the control of the program’s development partner.

The hospitals are being developed in partnership with Summit Healthcare Group, a health care real estate development firm based in Winston-Salem and founded in 2008. The company has completed more than 750,000 square feet of health care projects.

The sites span the Piedmont Triad, the Lake Norman and . . .