Kindred’s First Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for May 4

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred” or the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) today announced that it will provide an online, real-time webcast of its conference call covering first quarter 2017 operating results on Thursday, May 4, 2017. The Company will issue its first quarter 2017 earnings release after the close of trading on Wednesday, May 3, 2017.

The live broadcast of the Company’s quarterly conference call will be available online at the Company’s website, http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com, on May 4, 2017, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The online replay will be available on the Company’s website at approximately 12:00 p.m. and continue for 30 days.

About Kindred Healthcare

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-90 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of approximately $7.2 billion. At December 31, 2016, Kindred through its subsidiaries had approximately 100,100 employees providing healthcare services in 2,654 locations in 46 states, including 82 long-term acute care hospitals, 19 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 91 nursing centers, 17 sub-acute units, 635 Kindred at Home home health, hospice and non-medical home care sites of service, 102 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and contract rehabilitation service businesses which served 1,708 non-affiliated sites of service. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Healthcare Companies for eight years, Kindred’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. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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