Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Home Care Chain Buys Health System's Agencies
Published on Fri Mar 10, 2017
The home health and hospice agencies Tenet Healthcare recently announced it would shed have been snapped up by a national home care chain. Baton Rouge, La.-based Amedisys Inc. has agreed to buy Tenet’s home health and hospice operations in Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas for undisclosed terms, the publicly traded company says in a release.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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