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Kindred Boosts Arkansas Presence
Published on Wed Jul 20, 2016 
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The chain that bought Gentiva is getting bigger.
Kindred Healthcare Inc. has agreed to buy the home care operations of the Arkansas Department of Health for $39 million, the Louisville, Ky.-based chain says in a release. The acquisition will greatly increase Kindred’s presence in the state, from six offices providing home health and hospice in four counties to 74 home health locations serving 69 counties in Arkansas, seven offices providing hospice services in 42 counties and its personal care services business.
Kindred has 618 Kindred at Home home health, hospice and non-medical home care sites of service across the county, it notes in the release.
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