NEWS RELEASE – July 23, 2025 ARH Response to the Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill Lexington, July 3, 2025 -- Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is deeply disappointed by the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill. While we support efforts to strengthen Medicaid for the long-term, this legislation falls...
NEWS RELEASE – June 26, 2025 Beating the OddsHazard ARH RN worked hard to make a better life HAZARD, Ky. – Brittany Joseph doesn’t look back on her childhood in Cutshin, Ky., with fondness.“I had a really hard life growing up,” she said. “My parents struggled with...
NEWS RELEASE – June 17, 2025 Summers County ARH Hospital looking to expand its volunteer program Hinton, W.Va. – “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always...
NEWS RELEASE – June 12, 2025 ARH Memory Care set for July 1 launch PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – Medicare patients in eastern Kentucky diagnosed with dementia will soon have new care options as ARH Memory Care will launch on July 1.The program will initially focus on...
NEWS RELEASE – June 4, 2025 ARH President and CEO Hollie Harris Appointed to New Kentucky Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Lexington, June 4, 2025 -- Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) President and CEO Hollie Harris has been appointed to serve on the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s newly established Medicaid...
NEWS RELEASE – June 3, 2025 Dr. Jayaramakrishna Depa named ARH System Medical Director of Nephrology and Diabetes Care LEXINGTON, Ky. --Appalachian Regional Healthcare recently named Dr. Jayaramakrishna Depa as the System Line Medical Director of Nephrology and Diabetes Care.Susan Carmical, ARH Vice President of Service Line...
NEWS RELEASE – June 2, 2025 A Golden AnniversaryPhyllis Wilson celebrates 50 years at Harlan ARH Hospital HARLAN, Ky. – If things had gone to plan, Phyllis Wilson would have headed off to law school when she graduated from Bell County High School in 1971.Sometimes, however, what...
NEWS RELEASE – May 28, 2025 The power of a promiseMary Breckinridge RN honors vow made to her late grandfather HYDEN, Ky. – When Emerald Osborne graduated as valedictorian from Leslie County High School in 2011, she knew her future lay in healthcare – the only question...
NEWS RELEASE – May 8, 2025 ARH Honors Exceptional Nursing Staff at Special Awards Banquet Lexington, May 8, 2025 -- From a nurse legend who began her ARH career in 1971 to a recent graduate whose professionalism and leadership have already made her a standout, Appalachian Regional...
NEWS RELEASE – May 7, 2025 Dr. Bart Francis Named ARH Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Lexington, April 7, 2025 -- Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) recently named Dr. Bart Francis as its new Internal Medicine Residency Program Director.Francis, a native of Pikeville, Ky., has worked as an...