Amedisys Announces Agreement To Acquire Contessa Health, Creating A Comprehensive Home Health Care Delivery Platform

Amedisys, Inc. a leading home health, hospice, and personal care company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Contessa Health, a leader in hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility (SNF) at-home services. In addition, Amedisys plans to invest meaningfully in the future growth of Contessa’s business and proprietary informatics platform, CareConvergence™. Upon closing of the deal, Nashville, Tenn.-based Contessa will operate as a wholly owned division of Amedisys.

Founded in 2015, Contessa partners with health systems and health plans across the country to offer complex patients acute and post-acute care in the . . .