Braden Health

Health System with 3 hospitals across 1 state

Health System Overview

Health SystemBraden Health
Total Hospitals3
Commercial/Acute Hospitals3
Total Beds79
Commercial/Acute Beds79
HeadquartersAve Maria, FL
Websitebradenhealth.com

Hospitals by Type

Acute Care Hospital
2 hospitals
67% of health system
Critical Access Hospital
1 hospitals
33% of health system

Teaching Status

0%
Teaching
Teaching Hospitals:
Non-Teaching Hospitals: 3
Teaching hospitals serve as educational institutions for medical professionals while providing patient care.

Hospital Locations

Hospitals in this Health System

HospitalTypeBedsTeachingRecently Joined
Henderson County Community HospitalAcute Care Hospital45NoNo
Haywood County Community HospitalAcute Care Hospital 9NoNo
Houston County Community HospitalCritical Access Hospital25NoYes

Recent News

May 28, 2025
According to a Becker's Hospital Review article, Braden Health co-founder and chief compliance officer, Kyle Kopec, discussed the company's origins and mission. Braden Health began in Ave Maria, Florida, where founder Dr. Beau Braden operated a clinic located 49 miles from the nearest hospital. Kopec, who also lived in Ave Maria, witnessed the challenges residents faced in accessing healthcare. He and Dr. Braden explored the possibility of establishing a hospital in Ave Maria but encountered regulatory obstacles. This experience led them to identify the broader crisis of struggling rural hospitals across the U.S. Braden Health shifted its focus to acquiring and reopening these financially unstable or closed facilities, primarily in states like Tennessee and North Carolina, aiming to restore essential healthcare access to underserved communities. The company seeks to address issues like administrative inefficiencies and poor staff engagement in these acquired hospitals and emphasizes community support and reinvestment of profits into equipment.
Apr 16, 2025
NCH is opening an immediate care clinic in Ave Maria, Florida. This new clinic is located at the site that was formerly the Braden Clinic. The article details NCH's plans for the 6,000-square-foot space, which will offer care for non-life-threatening conditions and have rotating specialists. This news is relevant as it provides an update on the activity at a location previously associated with Braden Health in their headquarters'ู„ุงุญ district, indicating a change in the healthcare landscape in Ave Maria.
Apr 14, 2025
A job posting for a Compliance and Health Information Management (HIM) Clerk at Braden Health's Perry County Community Hospital in Linden, Tennessee, outlines responsibilities that involve health information technology and data management. The clerk is tasked with assisting in facilitating the facility's Compliance Program, which includes monitoring and recording data. Key duties involve retrieving, analyzing, assembling, maintaining, and updating patient records, assisting with filing and storing records, and making them available to other departments. The role also requires trending and tracking various standards to ensure compliance with Corporate, State, and Federal regulations, as well as entering reported incidents of potential non-compliance into a "Compliance 360 incident module." The job description indicates the use of an electronic archiving system for scanning and verifying completed records. [21]
Feb 26, 2025
An update on the renovations at the former Patrick County Community Hospital, being reopened by Braden Health, mentioned specific technological and infrastructure work. The article detailed that the Information Technology (IT) team was actively involved in removing old wiring from the roof that was no longer in use by current medical equipment. This indicates Braden Health's process of updating the technological infrastructure in the facilities they acquire as part of their restoration efforts to modernize the hospitals and prepare them for reopening.
Sep 17, 2024
On September 17, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced advancements and new commitments aimed at enhancing patient and healthcare workforce safety across the United States. In a press release detailing these efforts, Braden Health, headquartered in Ave Maria, Florida, was recognized as one of sixteen prominent healthcare systems that have committed to undertaking actions that support the provision of safe care and the goal of achieving zero preventable harm for all patients. These participating healthcare systems collectively serve a significant population, providing care to more than 30 million individuals and employing hundreds of thousands of dedicated healthcare professionals in both urban and rural communities.

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