Plano, Texas (January 19, 2017). Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) is pleased to announce Tom Harlan as the new CEO of ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist, Columbia, S.C., effective today, January 19, 2017. Harlan has decades of experience as the executive leader of long-term acute care hospitals, or LTACHs.

ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist is one of the 11 LTACHs owned by CHC within its CHC ContinueCARE division.

“We are pleased to welcome Tom as the executive leader of our hospital,” said David Lever, Chairman of the Board, ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist. “His extensive, accomplished experience in hospital administration, especially in the LTACH arena, will be a substantial asset in the Columbia, South Carolina market.”

Harlan is relocating to South Carolina from Abilene, Texas, where he has served as CEO of ContinueCARE Hospital at Hendrick Medical Center since January of 2014. While in this role, he oversaw the expansion of the facility on the campus of Hendrick Medical Center.

Prior to Harlan’s role in Abilene, he also served CHC’s West Texas market as Interim CEO for the ContinueCARE Hospitals in Midland and Odessa. He has been part of CHC Consulting since March of 2010, fulfilling interim management and field CEO assignments during a period of rapid development and growth of CHC’s Post-Acute Services. Before he officially joined CHC, Harlan was Administrator at Harbor Hospital, Beaumont, Texas, managed at the time by CHC. Harlan has provided leadership to several LTACHs across the country.

CHC is conducting a search for a new CEO for ContinueCARE Hospital at Hendrick Medical Center. In the interim, executive leadership will be provided by CHC’s April Myers, Senior Vice President of Post-Acute Operations and Holly Powell, Regional Vice President of Post-Acute Services.

About ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist

ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist, formerly known as InterMedical Hospital of South Carolina, is a 35-bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) owned by CHC ContinueCARE in partnership with Palmetto Health Baptist. Located in the heart of Columbia, S.C., ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist is a separate, fully licensed acute-care hospital with the ability to provide intensive and complex medical treatment. Our specialty programs are specifically designed to meet the needs of long-term, acute-care patients. For more information, please visit www.continuecare.org/palmetto.

About Community Hospital Corporation – HELP WHERE HOSPITALS NEED IT®

Community Hospital Corporation owns, manages and consults with hospitals through three distinct organizations – CHC Hospitals, CHC Consulting and CHC ContinueCARE, which share a common purpose to guide, support and enhance the mission of community hospitals and healthcare providers. Based in Plano, Texas, CHC provides the resources and experience community hospitals need to improve quality outcomes, patient satisfaction and financial performance. For more information about CHC, please visit www.communityhospitalcorp.com.