East Alabama Health to Take Over Management of Medical Center Barbour

August 12, 2026 โ€” Opelika, AL

Opelika-based East Alabama Health announced Wednesday that it will assume management and operational oversight of Medical Center Barbour in Eufaula beginning Oct. 1, 2026. Under the management agreement, East Alabama Health will lead day-to-day operations at the Barbour County hospital.

The system already operates East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, EAMC-Lanier Rural Emergency Hospital in Valley, East Alabama Medical Center North in Opelika, the Auburn Medical Pavilion and a network of clinics serving an 11-county area. EAMC is a 316-bed regional referral hospital.

Source: al.com / WTVM

From the Opelika Weekly News Digest โ€” August 10 – 16, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 19 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News

Author: Jerry Katz

Jerry Katz is the creator of Opelika Daily News. A former broadcaster, he has been writing about Opelika for more than twenty years โ€” first as a blogger, now as the one-person newsroom behind this site. He curates the region's local news daily, writes the Katz Ramblings column and the weekly From the Archives look-back, and maintains an archive of more than 3,200 posts reaching back to 2002. He lives in Opelika. Reach him at jerry@opelikadailynews.com.

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