LHC Group Inc. has purchased the assets of St. Joseph Hospital Home Health and Hospice in Buckhannon, W. Va., according to a release from the for-profit chain. The home health services division is now known as “West Virginia Home Health” and hospice continues to be known as “St. Joseph’s Hospice,” according to the Lafayette, La.- based company.
LHC also plans to acquire the assets of Professional Nursing Services near Raleigh, N.C., according to the release. The home health division will be known as “North Carolina Home Health” and the community-based services division will continue to be known as “Professional Nursing Services.”
“These acquisitions fit perfectly into our strategy to increase our service area through the acquisition of small, underdeveloped providers located in CON states,” CEO Keith Myers says in the release. “We look forward to continuing this strategy throughout 2014.”