Case Study
Kindred Healthcare
Overview Kindred Healthcare provides healthcare in more than 40 states through 60 skilled-nursing centers; more than 60 long-term, acute-care hospitals; and 30 pharmacies. The company has grown to rank among the top five long-term healthcare providers in North America. Challenge Kindred Healthcare is one of the nation’s most respected healthcare providers. Through its subsidiaries, Kindred operates multiple health- care-related businesses across the United States, including hospitals, nursing centers, institutional pharmacies and a contract rehabil- itation-services business. Kindred Healthcare matches its impressive growth with its com- mitment to strictly comply with internal audit standards, which meet or exceed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPA