LTM Group introduced Monday the acquisition of Wichita Dwelling Well being Companies. The deal provides greater than 500 group members and greater than 1,000 sufferers to the corporate's community.

The corporate provides residence well being care, private care, hospice and rehabilitation providers by way of a number of places. The group companions with well being programs and payers to offer care to sufferers in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Texas.

Wichita Dwelling Well being Companies, based mostly in Wichita Falls, Texas, has been offering residence well being care to sufferers within the surrounding communities since 1969. The corporate was based by Dr. Ruth Fixed, who developed the primary Medicare-certified residence well being company in 1966. She was additionally a founding member of the Nationwide Affiliation for Dwelling Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Texas Affiliation of Dwelling Care and Hospice (TAHC).

Wichita Dwelling Well being is at the moment led by Chrystal Everett, who can also be President of TAHC.

“We’re honored to proceed the legacy of the Wichita Dwelling Well being group,” David Kerns, CEO of LTM Group, instructed Dwelling Well being Care Information. “It will likely be an anchor within the Texas market as we glance to broaden all through the southwest area. It additionally helps us broaden our proficient management group by including among the brightest minds in residence well being care.”

Kerns mentioned the corporate will proceed to function below the Wichita Dwelling Well being Companies model and all native management will stay the identical. The acquisition settlement was finalized final week and the transaction is anticipated to shut subsequent quarter.