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Tennessee Company Completes Buy of West Virginia Hospital

A Tennessee company has completed its purchase of a West Virginia psychiatric hospital and two affiliates. 

Brentwood, Tennessee-based Meridian Behavioral Health Systems announces Wednesday the conclusion of the purchase of Charleston’s Highland Hospital, which has 80 acute-care beds along with a 24-bed residential treatment facility for children.

Included in the sale is Highland Health Center, a 16-bed substance abuse treatment and detoxification program, and outpatient provider Process Strategies.

Meridian says there will be no changes in programs, staff and local leadership at Highland, which is the largest provider of behavioral health care services in southern West Virginia.

Highland Hospital Says Sale to Acadia is Off

Highland Hospital has announced it is not selling its facilities to Franklin, Tennessee-based Acadia Healthcare.

The sale was to include Highland’s Kanawha City hospital. Highland’s board of directors unanimously agreed to sell Kanawha City hospital three months ago.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Highland’s board is now considering other potential partners for the sale.

Highland CEO Cynthia Persily said in a news release Wednesday that the proposed sale “no longer is the right deal at the right time.”

The two behavioral health companies were expecting to have had a definitive agreement in place by the end of September.

The sale would include the Highland Hospital Association, a psychiatric hospital which includes a psychiatric residential treatment facility; Highland Health Center Inc., a 16-bed residential treatment and detoxification program; and Process Strategies, which provides various outpatient behavioral health services.

Highland Hospital Agrees to Sell Charleston Facilities

Highland Hospital officials say the mental health center’s board of directors has agreed to sell its Charleston facilities to Tennessee-based behavioral health care company Acadia Healthcare Company Inc.

Cynthia Persily, president and CEO of the Highland Hospital Association, said Acadia has issued a letter of intent to buy Highland. Persily says the two companies will now work toward a finalized agreement, which Highland hopes to have in place by Sept. 30.

Franklin, Tennessee-based Acadia operates facilities in 39 states. Its purchase of Highland would include Highland’s acute psychiatric hospital in Kanawha City; Highland Health Center Inc., a 16-bed residential treatment and detoxification program; and Process Strategies, an outpatient provider with integrated behavioral health care, primary care and pharmacy services.

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