UNICOI, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health will replace the Unicoi County Hospital, destroyed in 2024 by Hurricane Helene, with a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Citing what they claim are serious disadvantages to the communities it serves, two Democratic Tennessee legislators from outside Northeast Tennessee have filed a bill to ...

Ballad Health will build a new hospital in the town of Unicoi, according to Mayor Kevin Kevin McInturff.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Tennessee’s latest “COPA Monitor Report” on Ballad Health’s performance and adherence to the rules governing the hospital system has a new warning: Ballad may not be ...

Ballad is a nonprofit system formed in 2018 through a merger of two legacy health systems, Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System. Currently, Ballad operates 19 hospitals in ...

Ballad Health, an Appalachian company with the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, may soon be required to improve its quality of care or face the possibility of being broken up.

UNICOI, Tenn., Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ballad Health announced plans to rebuild Unicoi County Hospital, restoring inpatient care to a community that has been recovering since the devastating ...