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Ensign Group Makes Hospice Buy In Iowa
Published on Wed Jun 15, 2016 
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The Ensign Group Inc.’s home health and hospice portfolio subsidiary, Cornerstone Healthcare Inc., has acquired the assets of Hospice for Wright County in Iowa for undisclosed terms, Ensign says in a release. The hospice will be owned and operated by Heartland Healthcare Inc., a Cornerstone subsidiary, and do business under the name Gateway Hospice.
The Mission Viejo, Calif.-based post-acute and urgent care company now has sixteen hospice agencies and fifteen home health agencies, it notes in the release.
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