A California-based provider of remote patient monitoring and clinical health coaching services for the health care industry intends to create hundreds of high-paying jobs with a new facility in Central Kentucky.
Community Wellness Technology Inc., established in 2019, will invest up to $15 million in a new facility in Boyle County, Kentucky, a project that will create 445 jobs across the coming years, according to a news release.
Community Wellness recently leased a 22,000-plus-square-foot facility on Lebanon Road in Danville. The operation will develop comprehensive and fully integrated remote patient monitoring and behavioral health services for COVID-19 patients, those managing chronic conditions and other health care-related uses. The facility also will serve as a training center for the company’s employees.
“Establishing this facility in Danville, Kentucky, accelerates our capacity to deliver lifesaving telehealth and remote patient monitoring to Kentuckians,” said Zoe Fields, CEO of Community Wellness, in the release. “I am delighted to be working in Kentucky to create new employment opportunities through our telemedicine programs, building stronger, healthier communities throughout the state and region.”
Community Wellness already has begun hiring efforts, with the facility expected to be operational in the coming weeks. Positions among the nearly 450 jobs created by the project include clinical health coaches, patient support staff and IT roles, with positions paying an average hourly wage of $35.83.
On Thursday, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) preliminarily approved a 10-year incentive agreement with the company under the Kentucky Business Investment program. The performance-based agreement can provide up to $2 million in tax incentives based on the company’s initial investment of $3 million.
