For-profit LHC Group, Lafayette, La., has formed a home health company with two Texas not-for-profit health systems, 14-hospital Texas Health Resources, Arlington, and five-hospital Methodist Health System, Dallas, to offer home health services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. The joint venture will operate two companies: Texas Health HomeCare, based in Arlington, and Methodist HomeCare, based in Dallas.
One of the reasons for creating the venture was to reduce fragmentation of home health and improve care coordination, said Texas Health Resources spokesman Wendell Watson. It's a very fragmented segment as there are an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 home health agencies in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, Watson said.
“Our organization and Methodist Health System came together some time ago and identified the need for a strong, stable provider of home healthcare in our region,” and selected LHC, said Douglas Hawthorne, CEO of Texas Health Resources, in a news release.
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