HouseWorks Acquires Caring Friends Home Care, LifeCare Health Pursues Rebranding

Massachusetts home care company enters Philadelphia market Private-pay in-home care company HouseWorks LLC has acquired Caring Friends Home Care. The acquisition propels the Massachusetts-based HouseWorks into the Philadelphia market, while positioning the company for future growth throughout Pennsylvania. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HouseWorks, which is backed by health care investor RAB […]

M&A and Finance News: Humana Completes Curo Purchase

Humana, PE Firms Finalize Curo Purchase Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and private equity firms TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe have competed their previously announced $1.4 billion acquisition of Curo Health Services. Louisville-based based Humana and the two PE firms plan on combining Mooresville, North Carolina-based Curo with the hospice business of Kindred […]

Health System LifeCare Buying Up In-Home Care Agencies

Despite potential policy hurdles on the horizon, LifeCare Health Partners has strengthened its presence along the continuum of care by acquiring two more in-home care agencies. The new deals come after a handful of other acquisitions in the past couple years for the Plano, Texas-based health care services provider, which hopes to continue adding in-home […]

LifeCare Home Health Acquires Texas Agency

Plano, Texas-based LifeCare Home Health LLC has acquired Beyond Faith Homecare & Rehab LLC, a home health care and rehabilitative therapy services provider with multiple Texas locations. The acquisition price was not disclosed, though LifeCare received $41.5 million in financing for the acquisition and growth. LifeCare is part of LifeCare Health Partners, and provides customary […]

Movers & Shakers: Accurate Home Care’s New President & CEO

Axxess Names Dennis Petroskey as Senior VP of Corporate Communications  Technology company Axxess has named Dennis Petroskey as senior vice president of corporate communications. In this role, he oversees all internal and external communications and messaging for the company. Prior to joining Axxess, Petroskey served as senior vice president of communications for the U.S. Travel […]