Baptist Health Corbin names interim president after departure of Anthony Powers

Anthony Powers

Baptist Health Corbin is saying “goodbye” to President Anthony Powers, and a new interim president has been appointed to fill his job duties for the foreseeable future.

A press release that was sent out by Baptist Health on Thursday morning announced the development, saying, “A seasoned administrator with nearly 40 years of hospital experience has been appointed interim president at Baptist Health Corbin, following the departure of Anthony Powers.”

“Powers’ last day at the hospital was Feb. 6. Matt Bailey will start work Feb. 12,” the release explained.

Patrick Falvey, chief operating officer for Baptist Health, was quoted in the release, saying, “We thank Anthony for his contributions to Baptist Health Corbin during his 25-year career at the hospital. We wish him well as he pursues other opportunities.”

No other details of Powers’ departure have thus far been given. He has served as president of BHC since the fall of 2018.

According to Thursday’s release, Bailey has previous administrative leadership experience at Baptist Health Paducah and Baptist Health Floyd.

“We know Matt Bailey will keep Baptist Health Corbin operating smoothly as the board of directors and I begin the search for a new leader,” Falvey added.

The search for a permanent successor is now underway.

Matt Bailey

Additional information on Matt Bailey

Bailey previously served as president of Indiana University Health South Central Region in Bloomington, Indiana. At IU Health, he led five IU Health entities within the South Central region, including oversight of performance excellence for patient safety, clinical excellence, financial stewardship and workforce engagement.

The Vincennes, Indiana resident is the former president and chief executive officer at IU Health West Hospital in Avon, Indiana. Prior to that, he rose to president and chief executive officer at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes after beginning his healthcare career there as an internal auditor.

About Baptist Health Corbin

Baptist Health Corbin is a 273-bed, acute care facility providing a wide variety of healthcare services to the residents of Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell, Clay, McCreary, Harlan and Campbell County in Tennessee.

Part of nine-hospital Louisville, Kentucky-based Baptist Health, Baptist Health Corbin offers 41 points of care in a full continuum, from inpatient care and outpatient diagnostics to rehabilitation services and behavioral health. Services include heart care, orthopedics, pain management, wound care, cancer care, diabetic treatments, and a full range of women’s services, including obstetrics and breast care.

Baptist Health has a network of healthcare providers for patients in the southeast Kentucky area, including Baptist Health Medical Group physician offices, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. The hospital, formerly known as Baptist Regional Medical Center, also has been awarded the Pathway to Excellence® designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nursing Credentialing Center.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com/Corbin.

About Baptist Health

Opening its doors in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 450 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.