On May 1, 2024, Paintsville ARH Hospital hosted a ribbon-cutting and open house for the grand opening of ARH Specialty Associates and Paintsville ARH Retail Pharmacy on the hospital campus. The event featured guest speakers from ARH and the Paintsville community, free health screenings, giveaways, and lunch. 

Kathy Stumbo, Paintsville ARH Hospital CEO, expressed appreciation for the partnership with the Johnson County Chamber of Commerce and thanked County Judge Executive Mark McKenzie, Mayor Bill Mike Runyon, and Adam Rice, Field Representative for Congressman Hal Rogers and local community members, for their continued support.

“Today symbolizes ARH’s commitment to the community. Paintsville, Johnson County, and the surrounding counties have been a huge part of ARH’s growth in recent years.” Stumbo continued, “That’s what ARH does: commits to and then invests in that community. Some investments are outwardly more visible, like the helipad, the new facility we are touring today, and our new 3D mammography. In the last two years I have been here, ARH has invested well over $10 million, with more great things to come.”

County Judge Executive McKenzie thanked ARH for being a great community partner. He spoke of the county’s growth and credited expansions like the new clinic with enabling residents more access to healthcare in rural eastern Kentucky.

Dr. Jason Rice, ARH Ambulatory Chief Medical Officer, thanked Dr. Anthony Stumbo, Regional Chief Medical Officer, and Roy Milwee, Chief Ambulatory Officer, for attending the event and for their ongoing support. Rice introduced the providers at the clinic, Dr. Jason Fogg, an interventional pain specialist, and Nicole Burchett, a Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Fogg hails from West Virginia and specializes in injection and therapy-based pain management, offering alternatives to opioids. Burchett, a lifelong Johnson County resident and mother to three boys, has been practicing for five years.  

Lauren Jarrell, Regional Director of Retail Pharmacy, introduced pharmacist Donna Boleyn and staff and noted the excitement of having a pharmacy inside the clinic and offering more convenience for patients. 

Stumbo invited attendees to be screened at no cost for diabetes or stroke risk, tour the clinic, learn more about low-dose CTs, and have lunch. 

Kathy Stumbo, CEO, comments, “We want to thank everyone who came to see our new clinic and pharmacy location. We have some great things going on at Paintsville ARH Hospital and are excited to continue to grow and serve the community.”

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Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), is a not-for-profit health system operating 14 hospitals in Barbourville, Hazard, Harlan, Hyden, Martin, McDowell, Middlesboro, Paintsville, Prestonsburg, West Liberty, Whitesburg, and South Williamson in Kentucky and Beckley and Hinton in West Virginia, as well as multi-specialty physician practices, home health agencies, home medical equipment stores and retail pharmacies and medical spas. ARH employs approximately 6,700 people with an annual payroll and benefits of $474 million generated into our local economies. ARH also has a network of more than 1,300 providers on staff across its multi-state system. ARH is the largest provider of care and the single largest employer in southeastern Kentucky, and the third-largest private employer in southern West Virginia.