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Myrtle Recovery Center now open at BSFMC
Independent Herald
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Independent Herald
08/25/2023 1:43 PM EDT
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Big South Fork Medical Center CEO Hal Leftwich and Myrtle Recovery Centers CEO Robert Merritt are pictured at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the addiction treatment facility.
ONEIDA | Rennova Health Inc., the parent company of Big South Fork Medical Center, has announced the opening of Myrtle Recovery Centers, its alcohol and drug treatment facility at the Oneida hospital.

Myrtle Recovery Centers was granted a license under the TN Dept. of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services to operate the alcohol and drug treatment facility, which has already begun accepting patients. Myrtle will operate on the campus of BSFMC.

The facility will offer alcohol and drug residential detoxification and residential rehabilitation treatment services for up to 30 patients. Office-based opioid treatment services will be offered on an outpatient basis in the future.

Robert Merritt, CEO of Myrtle Recovery Centers, told directors at the Scott County Chamber of Commerce Thursday that BSFMC converted “a couple of unused floors” at the hospital into addiction treatment space.

“This is an exciting first step in the development of Myrtle,” Merritt said. “The need for behavioral health services, especially alcohol and drug treatment services, in our rural communities is crucial and growing and we look forward to providing the best possible treatment at our facilities.”

Rennova Health, which is based in West Palm Beach, Fla., has owned and operated Scott County’s hospital for six years. Rennova CEO Seamus Lagan said that Myrtle Recovery is a positive step forward for the company.

“We believe Myrtle is a complimentary business model to our current rural healthcare services offerings and an excellent use of available space at our rural, critical access hospital,” Lagan said.


BSFMC is currently the only hospital operating under Rennova’s rural hospital umbrella, though the company still owns the Jamestown hospital and has stated its intent to reopen that facility in the future.

Having stabilized after a long period of financial turbulence, BSFMC has been experiencing growth. Earlier this summer, Rennova announced that the hospital has been approved by Medicare for “swing bed” reimbursement, allowing it the opportunity to provide post-acute care treatment to patients.

https://www.indherald.com/2023/08/25/myrtle-recovery-center-now-open-at-bsfmc/

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