Baptist Health
Baptist Health is the largest health care system in central Alabama and an affiliate of the UAB Health System. Baptist Health has a regional service area of 14 counties and operates three hospitals.
Baptist Medical Center South was founded in 1963 and is Montgomery’s largest medical facility. The 492-bed facility provides cardiovascular, orthopedic, neurology and surgical services as well as specialized services.
Baptist Medical Center East is a 176-bed acute care hospital that specializes in services for women and children. The campus is also home to the Baptist Breast Health Center, the Sleep Disorders Center and the Endoscopy Center.
Prattville Baptist Hospital is an acute care, 107-bed community hospital that offers a full range of services to residents in Autauga and Elmore counties.
Other Baptist Health care facilities include a regional cancer center, a free-standing psychiatric hospital, a joint venture surgical center, a network of ambulatory clinics, outpatient imaging center, urgent care facilities, wound care services, rehabilitation and home care services.
In September 2024, Baptist Health launched a mobile cancer unit staffed by Montgomery Cancer Center medical professionals that will serve Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and Wilcox counties. The unit, called Hope, will provide general cancer screenings and education. Hope launched one year after another Montgomery Cancer Center and Baptist Health initiative, a mobile mammography unit called Joy. The 24-foot mobile cancer screening and health unit is the first of its kind in central Alabama. It has traveled more than 6,000 miles and served more than 350 women since it began operating in October 2023.
Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System
Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System operates two facilities in Montgomery.
The Central Alabama VA Medical Center-Montgomery is a hospital that provides primary care and specialty health services including mental health, cardiology, urology and dementia and Alzheimer’s disease treatment.
The Central Alabama Montgomery VA Clinic also provides primary care, and its specialty services include women’s health, dental, optometry and lab services.
Jackson Hospital
Licensed for 344 beds, Jackson Hospital is a community not-for-profit hospital that provides comprehensive health care services to Montgomery and the surrounding River Region.
In 2024, the hospital’s Family Birth Center expanded to a Level II Special Care Nursery, meaning it is equipped to provide specialized care for premature and full-term babies who need additional medical support.
The hospital is accredited by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ), and CIHQ recently named Jackson Hospital a primary stroke center and a primary heart attack center. Both accreditations are effective until 2027.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama has designated Jackson Hospital as a Tier 1 hospital for achieving the highest level of compliance in fiscal, quality and outcomes measures. The hospital is also designated as a Level 3 trauma center within the Alabama Trauma System and has been recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence through the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, as well as a Blue Distinction Centers+ for Bariatric Surgery. In addition, it has been named the state’s first dementia-friendly hospital by Dementia Friendly Alabama.
Jackson Hospital works with the Alabama Organ Center and Donate Life America, and the Department of Health has awarded the hospital its silver Medal of Honor for organ donation. It is one of four Alabama hospitals to earn that distinction.
Noland Hospital Montgomery
Noland Hospitals is the largest system of specialty hospitals in Alabama and serves patients that require extended clinical care after a short-term ICU stay. The Montgomery facility is located within Jackson Hospital.
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Montgomery
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Montgomery provides inpatient rehabilitation services for neurological and orthopedic conditions, including stroke, brain injury and hip fracture. The hospital’s team consists of physical, occupational and speech therapists as well as physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and case managers.
Birmingham-based Encompass Health runs more than 160 rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
This article appears in the January 2025 issue of Business Alabama.
