Kindred to Participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Health Care Conference

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred” or the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) today announced that Benjamin A. Breier, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen D. Farber, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a “fireside chat” at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Health Care Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

The discussion is being audio webcast and can be accessed at the Company’s website at http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com and at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/baml/healthcare2017/id73208569238.cfm.

Any written materials accompanying the conference also will be available on Kindred’s website at the time of the event. The webcast and any written materials accompanying the conference will be archived at http://investors.kindredhealthcare.com after the event.

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(1). At March 31, 2017, Kindred through its subsidiaries had approximately 100,100 employees providing healthcare services in 2,624 locations in 46 states, including 82 long-term acute care hospitals, 19 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 91 nursing centers, 19 sub-acute units, 619 Kindred at Home home health, hospice and non-medical home care sites of service, 101 inpatient rehabilitation units (hospital-based) and contract rehabilitation service businesses which served 1,693 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.

(1) Revenues for the last twelve months ended March 31, 2017.

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Kindred Healthcare, Inc.Todd Flowers, 502-596-6569Investor Relations