Amedisys Divesting Personal Care Division

BOSTON— HouseWorks LLC, a provider of personal care services in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Maine, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the personal care division at Amedisys, Inc., a provider of home health, hospice and high-acuity care.

HouseWorks, in partnership with eCaring, will join the Amedisys personal care network and form a care coordination partnership to deliver comprehensive care to the communities both organizations jointly serve. In addition to the HouseWorks footprint, eCaring provides mission-critical software and services to more than 75 homecare agencies with 15,000-plus caregivers, delivering care to more than 35,000 seniors each year. By establishing this network partnership, Amedisys retains and expands access to personal care services to support its patients in the current and growing footprints served by HouseWorks and eCaring.

“Our personal care division was started with the sole mission to provide patients with a true continuum of care in the home,” said Paul Kusserow, Amedisys chairman and CEO. “We strongly believe in the value of personal care, and this divestiture allows our personal care division to grow under a proven leader in the industry while Amedisys focuses our attention on our core business units of home health, hospice and high-acuity care. We’re excited to strengthen the development of our network with HouseWorks and eCaring. Through Contessa, we have developed more experience and capabilities of connecting a network of providers to deliver care in risk-based models. Our personal care network strategy is another tool for us to continue to lead innovative care delivery where patients prefer to be—in their homes.”

Amedisys acquired its first personal care company, Associated Home Care (AHC), based in Massachusetts, in 2016. Mike Trigilio, CEO of HouseWorks, was the CEO of AHC prior to its sale to Amedisys and joined the Amedisys leadership team as the president of the personal care division prior to his departure in March 2020.

“The sale of AHC and my time with Amedisys were among the best years in my long career in personal care services,” said Trigilio. “Many of the innovations that we are implementing today at HouseWorks were forged in partnership with the Amedisys team. It is an honor to rejoin many of my former colleagues, to welcome the employees, caregivers and clients of the Amedisys personal care division to the HouseWorks family, and to have the opportunity to collaborate with Amedisys going forward across the entire continuum of care.”

The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023.