Select Medical and Norton Healthcare announced a joint venture to integrate outpatient rehabilitation services in the Louisville metro and Southern Indiana regions. Select Medical is an operator of critical illness recovery hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, while Norton Healthcare is a provider of health care services. Under the agreement, Select Medical contributed 29 of its Kentucky Orthopedic Rehab Team (KORT) centers and Norton Healthcare contributed three centers to the venture. KORT, a wholly owned subsidiary of Select Medical, specializes in outpatient physical therapy, hand therapy, sports medicine and work health. David Chernow is CEO of Select Medical.