Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company” or “Kindred”) (NYSE:KND) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the operations of Mercy Continuing Care Hospital (“Mercy”), a 54-bed transitional care hospital (licensed as a long-term acute care hospital) located in St. Louis, Missouri, from SJMDHS, LCC, a partnership between Mercy and CHRISTUS Continuing Care. Kindred…