Mariner Post-Acute Network trims its sails.Atlanta-based Mariner Mariner Any of a series of unmanned U.S. space probes sent near Venus, Mars, and Mercury. Mariners 2 (1962) and 5 (1967) passed Venus within 22,000 mi (35,000 km) and 2,500 mi (4,000 km), respectively, and made measurements of temperature and atmospheric density. Post-Acute Network is spinning off the assets of its American Rehability Services division to HealthSouth Corporation and National Rehab Partners Inc. American Rehability operates more than 200 outpatient clinics and hospital therapy departments. Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth, the nation's largest provider of outpatient surgery Outpatient Surgery, also referred to as ambulatory surgery or same-day surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. The term “outpatient” arises from the fact that surgery patients may go home do not need an overnight hospital and rehabilitative re·ha·bil·i·tate tr.v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates 1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education. 2. health care services will acquire all of the outpatient assets in a cash transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed. Nashville-based National Rehab Partners, a provider of rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. services to acute care hospitals and hospital systems, will get the hospital contracting business. Raymond James  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . analyst James Kumpel says Mariner is following in Beverly's footsteps by focusing on its core nursing home business. "It's fundamentally a good business if you can manage your costs and keep your beds full," he says, adding, "It sounds like HealthSouth got it for a good price after receivables for about 10 times earnings." |
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