Community Health Sells Home Care and Hospice Business
October 17 2016 - 9:40AM
Dow Jones News
Community Health Systems Inc. said it would sell 80% of its home
health and hospice business to Almost Family Inc. as its works to
reduce its size and pay down debt.
Almost Family is buying the stake in CHS Home Health for $128
million. The unit provides of skilled home health and hospice
services and currently operates 74 home health and 15 hospice
locations across 22 states.
The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, is
one of several recently announced by Community Health as it works
to pay down its multibillion-dollar debt load built up by years of
expansion.
Community shares rose 0.3% to $10.05 in premarket trading.
Almost Family shares were inactive.
Write to Austen Hufford at austen.hufford@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 17, 2016 09:25 ET (13:25 GMT)
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