Diagnostics M&A » By The Online Investor Staff, updated Sat., Apr. 20, 5:34 AM
Recent mergers and acquisitions in the Diagnostics M&A category.
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Slide #23. LHC Group — Deaconess HomeCare
Acquirer:
LHC Group (LHCG)
Acquiree:
Deaconess HomeCare
Details:
LHC Group Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), a national provider of home health, hospice and comprehensive post-acute healthcare services, announced today that it has signed a definitive stock purchase agreement with BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) to purchase two of its operating subsidiaries, doing business as Deaconess HomeCare and Elk Valley Health Services, for $60 million. The transaction will add 33 locations in five states, increasing LHC Group's geographical footprint to 342 locations across 27 states. The transaction, which is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2014, subject to customary closing conditions, is anticipated to be accretive to LHC Group's 2014 earnings by between $0.05 and $0.10 per diluted share.
LHC Group provides post-acute health care services to its patients. Co.'s segments include: home health services, which include nursing, medically-oriented social services and physical, occupational, and speech therapy; hospice services, which include pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, inpatient and respite care, homemaker services, dietary counseling, and family bereavement counseling; home and community-based services, which include assistance with grooming, medication reminders, meal preparation, feeding, light housekeeping, respite care, transportation, and errand services; and facility-based services, which provided through its long-term acute care hospitals.
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