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Kindred Healthcare to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2010 Health Care Conference

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^{Published in Health and Fitness on Saturday, May 8th 2010 at 11:05 GMT by Market Wire}  

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the aCompanya) (NYSE:KND) today announced that Richard A. Lechleiter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation regarding the Company at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2010 Health Care Conference in New York City on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time.

The presentation is being audio webcast and can be accessed at the Companya™s website at [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ]and at [ https://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/healthcare2010/id55110600.cfm ].

Any written materials accompanying the presentation also will be available on Kindreda™s website at the time of the presentation. The webcast and any written materials accompanying the presentation will be archived at [ http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com ] after the event.

About Kindred Healthcare

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-200 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of over $4.2 billion and approximately 53,800 employees in 40 states. At March 31, 2010, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 619 locations, including 83 long-term acute care hospitals, 222 nursing and rehabilitation centers and a contract rehabilitation services business, Peoplefirst rehabilitation services, which served 314 non-affiliated facilities. Ranked one of Fortune magazinea™s Most Admired Healthcare Companies in 2009 and 2010, Kindreda™s mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. For more information, go to [ www.kindredhealthcare.com ].