A subsidiary of The Pennant Group will manage the home health business of the Concord, CA-based John Muir Health Center under the terms of a joint venture announced Tuesday. The deal was effective Jan. 1.
The new business is called Muir Home Health and will provide home health services, including skilled nursing, physical occupational and speech therapy, home health aides and medical social work services, to patients throughout the San Francisco East Bay Region. Pennant Services Inc. is the majority owner and will provide operational and administrative support services for the venture.
“Muir Home Health will bring together the deep experience of one of the Bay Area’s premier health systems with Pennant’s deep experience in managing and supporting the delivery of life-changing home health services,” Pennant CEO Brent Guerisoli said Tuesday. “This collaboration will create a unique continuum of care that will benefit Bay Area residents for many years to come. …Muir Home Health is poised to hit the ground running.”
John Muir Health President and CEO Mike Thomas said his company chose Pennant because of the firm’s track record in home health.
“Our new joint venture will expand access to home healthcare in the area and enable deployment of care pathways, the latest protocols and best practices developed by Pennant through operation of its home health agencies nationwide,” he said.
Pennant said it will continue to pursue opportunities to acquire senior living, home health and hospice businesses throughout the United States, a sentiment that Guerisoli has shared on recent earnings calls. In the third quarter of 2023, the company announced that it had added two senior living communities, three home health agencies, three hospice agencies and two home care agencies.
