Kindred Healthcare & Antelope Valley Hospital Announce Joint Venture For New Behavioral Health & Rehabilitation Hospital In Lancaster, California

Antelope Valley Hospital (AVH) and Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare have entered into a joint venture to build and operate a new specialty hospital in Lancaster, California. The 121-bed hospital will have 96 behavioral health beds and 25 beds for acute inpatient rehabilitation. No details about the timeline or estimated cost were released.

The facility will provide a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, including crisis stabilization for acute mental health and substance use disorders; detoxification from alcohol and drugs; and treatment for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and many other behavioral health illnesses. The hospital . . .