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ContinueCARE Hospital at Baptist Health Paducah is a nonprofit long-term acute care hospital in Paducah, Kentucky (founded 2015). It emphasizes compassionate, patient-first care for patients with specialized and intensive treatment needs. The facility employs 9 staff and is led by CEO FACHE Lee Gentry and CNO Amanda Hannan. Highlights include recent growth (+18.2% YoY) and recognition for Centers of Excellence in Nursing Care and Respiratory Care (2022). The hospital operates under the ContinueCARE brand and is affiliated with Baptist Health Paducah. Contact: (270) 575-2598 or (270) 415-6988.

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Clinic Type

Respiratory Care

Address

Paducah, KY (within Baptist Health Paducah)

Phone

+1-270-575-2598

Email

dbell03@continuecare.net

Opening Hours

Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.

Website

https://paducah.continuecare.org/

Services Offered

  • Long-term acute hospital (LTACH) care
  • Intensive medical treatment
  • Pulmonary care
  • Ventilator dependence care
  • Respiratory failure management
  • Chronic pulmonary problems management
  • Wound care (complex and severe)
  • Infections requiring long-term antibiotic therapy
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech therapy
  • Nutritional therapy
  • Pain management
  • Hospital-within-a-hospital model
  • Physician-driven care

Technology & Equipment

  • CIHQ Accreditation (three-year cycles 2016, 2018, 2021)
  • CIHQ Center of Excellence in Long Term Acute Care (2018)
  • CIHQ Center of Excellence in Respiratory and Nursing (2021)

Team

  • ContinuingCARE Hospital at Baptist Health Paducah Team, Not specified — Executive/Clinical Leadership

Insurance & Payment

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Languages Spoken

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FAQs

What is ContinueCARE Hospital at Baptist Health Paducah?

A separate, fully licensed and staffed hospital within the hospital-within-a-hospital model providing intensive and complex medical treatment for longer lengths of stay for acute-care.

Awards & Accreditations

  • CIHQ Accreditation (2016, 2018, 2021)
  • CIHQ Center of Excellence in Long Term Acute Care (2018)
  • CIHQ Center of Excellence in Respiratory and Nursing (2021)
  • Three-year CIHQ Accreditation received in 2016, 2018 and 2021
  • CIHQ Center of Excellence in Long Term Acute Care in 2018
  • In 2021, awarded CIHQ Center of Excellence in Respiratory and Nursing

Photos

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed

  • WebMD: 1 rating/review (anecdotal) (1)
  • US News & World Report: Varies by category (US News ratings available) (Not explicitly stated in summary)

Patients praise

  • Emphasizes compassionate care and intensive treatment in its messaging

Common complaints

  • Performance compared to other long-term care hospitals is reported as worse than average in some metrics
  • Isolated negative anecdotal report of medical conduct (non-specific)

"SUE/BICKERSTAFF/BLALOCK, DR RICHARD EARL BLALOCK 2 JR, SON INLAW ARE DIRTY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AT MURRAY CALLOWAY CO HOSPITAL... HIDE LIE AND COVER UP BAD SURGERYS..."

— WebMD Patient Review

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

In the News

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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