PAM Health

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PAM Health
FormerlyPost Acute Medical
Company typeLimited liability company
IndustryHealth care
Founded2006; 20 years ago (2006)
FounderAnthony Misitano (CEO and chairman)
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
<100 (2025)
Area served
United States (23 states)
ServicesRehabilitation
Physical therapy
Wound care
Behavioral health
Websitepamhealth.com

PAM Health, LLC is a health care provider that specializes in rehabilitation. It is headquartered in Enola, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg, and operates facilities in at least 23 states across the United States.

History

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Post Acute Medical was founded in 2006 by Anthony Misitano;[1] the company purchased three rehabilitation hospitals in San Antonio, Texas. In 2021, the company was renamed PAM Health.[2]

Collaborations

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According to its website, PAM Health is partnered with Penn State Athletics and Hall of Fame Health.[2] Founder and CEO Anthony Misitano is an alumnus of Penn State University and has served on the board of Happy Valley United, Penn State Athletics' name, image, and likeness collective.[3][4] PAM Health and the Misitano family donated $25 million to Penn State's renovation of Beaver Stadium, the second-largest donation in Penn State Athletics' history and naming the west tower on the stadium PAM Health Misitano Family Tower.[5] In February 2025, the Penn State Board of Trustees approved the leasing of land at Innovation Park near State College for construction of a PAM Health rehabilitation hospital.[3]

Facilities

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Some PAM Health facilities are located within larger hospitals.

San Antonio

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  • a 65-bed rehabilitation hospital in the South Texas Medical Center
  • a 34-bed rehabilitation hospital in Thousand Oaks
  • a 40-bed acute-care facility in New Braunfels
  • The former Promise Hospital was acquired in 2012 and became Warm Springs Specialty Hospital. It is a 26-bed long-term acute hospital located within Southwest General Hospital.[6]

Delaware

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  • PAM Health's first Delaware facility opened in Dover in 2019.
  • A facility at the Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex in Milford opened in 2024.[7]

Indiana

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  • Pam Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Greater Indiana North, formerly Southern Indiana Rehabilitation Hospital. Acquired in 2024[8]

Pennsylvania

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PAM Health has hospitals in Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, and Beaver areas.[9]

Controversies

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In 2018, Post Acute Medical agreed to pay more than $13 million to the US federal government, $114,016 to Texas, and $22,482 to Louisiana due to violations of the False Claims Act and the Physician Self-Referral Law.[10][11]

References

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