Fort Myers home health agency acquired

Dallas-based Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, a publicly traded home health and hospice provider, has acquired Southwest Florida Home Care Inc.’s home health agency in Fort Myers.

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. 

This acquisition, according to a statement, increases Enhabit’s existing footprint in Florida, which now totals 22 home health locations.

“We are excited to welcome the Southwest Florida Home Care employees to our Enhabit team,” Enhabit President and CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer says in the statement. “We look forward to continuing to support our new team members as we serve more patients in need of high-quality home health services.”

Enhabit is the No. 4 largest provider of Medicare-certified home health services and the No. 12 largest provider of Medicare-certified hospice services nationally. It has 351 locations (251 home health, 100 hospice) across 34 states.