Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospital Agencies Merge With Competitors
Market consolidation continues. In Dan-ville, Pa., Geisinger Community Health Services and SUN Home Health & Hospice are planning to merge, making SUN a part of the Geisinger health system, the providers say in a release. SUN has seven branch locations, reports The News Item in Shamokin, Pa.
“Over time, these organizations will … share senior leadership, administrative and support functions,” a Geisinger public relations rep tells the Item.
Columbia Montour Home Health will continue to operate separately as a Geisinger affiliate. SUN will retain its name. The non-profits hope to merge by July 1.
In the Chicago area, Elmhurst Memorial Home Health and Elmhurst Memorial Hospice have become part of Troy, Mich.-based Residential Home Health, which has an office in Naperville, the agencies say in a release.
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