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Amedisys’ Contessa Division Partners with Michigan Healthcare System
McKnight’s Senior Living, October 1, 2021 Home care giant Amedisys is expanding its reach into Michigan through a new partnership between its Contessa division and Detroit’s Henry…
Surging COVID Cases and Rapidly Filling Hospitals
Progress Health, September 2021 Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, a key objective has been not overwhelming the health care system, specifically hospitals who are once again…
First patient to use Gundersen Home Hospital undergoes successful treatment in comfort of her house
La Crosse Tribune, July 2, 2021 One month after the launch of Gundersen Home Hospital, the program has treated its first patient, Diana Janisch. The…
Amedisys Paying $250M for Contessa
Nashville Post, July 1, 2021 The leaders of home hospitalization and skilled nursing venture Contessa Health have signed a deal to sell the six-year-old company…
Amedisys Announces Agreement to Acquire Contessa Health, Creating a Comprehensive Home Healthcare Delivery Platform
GlobeNewsWire, June 30, 2021 Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), a leading home health, hospice and personal care company, today announced that it has signed a definitive…
Amedisys Snaps up Hospital-at-Home Provider Contessa Health in $250M Deal
Fierce Healthcare, June 20, 2021 Amedisys made a major move to expand its reach in the home healthcare market by acquiring Contessa Health, one of…
Amedisys to Acquire Contessa Health in Move to Increase Patient Acuity
Modern Healthcare, June 30, 2021 Amedisys, a home health, hospice and personal care company, on Wednesday, said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire…
Moving Health Home Engages Hospice, Palliative Care Providers
Hospice News, April 16, 2021 Moving Health Home is getting involved in hospice, having expanded to include providers Compassus, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY)…
Getting better: Allegheny Health Network shifting hospital services to home
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 15, 2021 Moving medical care out of the hospital — a decades long trend — got a boost in a recent Medicare…
VNSNY, Contessa Join Amazon-Backed Home Health Coalition
Home Health Care News, April 11, 2021 Moving Health Home — the new provider coalition formed in early March dedicated to advancing home-based care in…
Care and Recovery Comes Home
Highmark Health Digital Magazine, March 31, 2021 Even before the pandemic, there was a strong trend in the U.S. toward having more health care and recovery…
Why Contessa’s CEO Believes Hospital at Home Benefits Everyone (Including Hospitals)
Radio Advisory, March 23, 2021 Contessa CEO Travis Messina recently joined Advisory Board’s Radio Advisory podcast. He and host Rachel Woods discussed our model for…