Home Health & Hospice Week
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Almost Family Acquires NY-Based Chain, Expands Private Duty Line
Published on Thu Mar 05, 2015
Almost Family Inc. has agreed to purchase WillCare HealthCare based in Buffalo, N.Y. WillCare has $72 million in annual revenues and operates 16 locations in New York, Connecticut and Ohio, the Louisville, Ky.-based home care chain says in a release.
The deal “provides us with a major entry into New York, where $52 million of WillCare’s 2014 revenues were generated, and fills an important gap in our Northeast cluster,” Almost Family CEO Bill Yarmuth says in the release.
The acquisition will increase the size of Almost Family’s Personal Care segment by nearly one-third, the company adds.
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