LHC Group is back on the M&A scene.
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum officially acquired the company Feb. 22. For the first time since then, LHC Group has made an acquisition of its own. It is acquiring the Delaware-based, Medicare-certified home health agency Summit Home Care, reports Home Health Care News.
“Our recent combination with LHC Group expands in-home capabilities,” Dirk McMahon, president and COO of UnitedHealth Group, said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call Friday. “LHC provides high-quality, compassionate home health, hospice and post-acute care services, with over 12 million patient encounters each year. We will learn from and build upon LHC’s capabilities, expanding the scope and acuity of the care we can provide in a patient’s home.”
The Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group provides home health, hospice and home- and community-based care in 37 states and the District of Columbia via its 30,000 employees. In addition to its 527 home health locations, the company has more than 400 hospital partnerships. Read more.
