Select Medical Partners With University Of Florida To Operate the Shands Rehab Hospital In Gainesville, Florida

Lower Allen Township-based Select Medical Holdings Corporation has formed a management partnership with the University of Florida Health involving a pair of rehab hospitals in Gainesville, Florida. Under the partnership, Select Medical will assist the Florida-based health system in operating the Shands Rehab Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, while UF Health will become a co-owner of Select Medical’s Select Specialty Hospital in the same city.
Over the longer term, Select Medical is expected to share ownership of the hospital and oversee its operations. Part of that plan will address the hospital’s struggles with capacity and lack . . .