Alongside its $170 million acquisition by HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS), CareSouth Health System has announced its plan to retain its Health at Home partnership and rename its Senior Living Services division to further focus on such communities.
As part of the acquisition, national home health, post-acute and senior living services provider CareSouth’s home health, hospice, private duty and outpatient rehabilitation agencies will function under Encompass Home Health, a HealthSouth subsidiary. HealthSouth plans to fund the transaction with cash on hand and borrowings under its senior secured credit facility, according to a news release.
Meanwhile, CareSouth maintains its Health at Home partnership and renames its Senior Living Services division as Careity in an effort to further grow its services within assisted living facilities.*
“The Careity name will represent a more innovative, redesigned approach to providing coordinated care in the senior living space,” said Rick Griffin, president and CEO of CareSouth, in a prepared statement.
The transaction, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015, allows HealthSouth to deploy Encompass home health locations to five new markets, including Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. It also improves Encompass’ market share position in Florida and Virginia, according to the release.
Currently, HealthSouth operates 14 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in CareSouth’s coverage area. The new locations, then, enable HealthSouth to offer both facility-based and home-based post-acute services, according to the news release.
“By combining the CareSouth and Encompass teams, we will further our mission of providing a better way to care,” said April Anthony, CEO of Encompass, in a prepared statement. “We have respected the CareSouth management team for some time and are confident our cultures and philosophies will align well.”
The newly named entity, Careity, will continue to provide home health and private duty care, with enhanced services aimed at senior living communities, including transitional and chronic care management, health care business services and Part B Medicare therapy clinics, the company stated.
The announcement comes after HealthSouth unveiled its plans in early August to place home health operations near inpatient rehabilitation facilities and focus on a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services initiative on joint replacement care, further aligning its offerings for growth. This was preceded by the multimillion-dollar acquisitions of Reliant Health Services and Encompass, at $750 million and $730 million, respectively.
Companies featured in this article:
CareSouth, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Encompass Home Health, HealthSouth Corporation, Reliant Health Services
