The Ensign Group, Inc. has acquired Elite Home Health and Hospice from Tri-State Memorial Hospital in Clarkston, Wash., for cash, the company says in a release. Elite will serve Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho and be operated by Paragon Healthcare, Ensign’s home health and hospice subsidiary for the Northwest. Ensign has seven hospice companies and seven home health businesses in addition to its skilled nursing, rehab, assisted living and urgent care facilities.
"Ensign is actively seeking additional opportunities to acquire both well-performing and struggling home health and hospice operations across the United States," it notes in the release.