Bristol Hospice Acquires Sojourn Hospice & Palliative Care, L.L.C. Operations
Bristol Hospice, in coordination with Webster Capital, has added Sojourn Hospice & Palliative Care, L.L.C. a for-profit hospice provider, to its portfolio. No financial terms were disclosed.
PRESS RELEASE, For Immediate Release
Salt Lake City, Utah (February 25th, 2020) – Bristol Hospice, a portfolio Company of Webster Capital, is pleased to announce the purchase of Sojourn Hospice & Palliative Care, L.L.C.
Sojourn Hospice & Palliative Care, a Healthy Living Network, LLC, company, operates 8 locations in Utah and California: Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Fresno, East Bay, San Jose, Modesto, Redding and San Diego. These Sojourn Hospice locations will continue to serve in these communities as Bristol Hospice. As a part of the transaction the Healthy Living Network will acquire the Home Health operations of Bristol in Salt Lake City, Utah and Porterville, CA.
Bristol Hospice CEO, Hyrum Kirton, remarked that, “Sojourn Hospice & Palliative Care, L.L.C. has a reputation for delivering exceptional patient care that closely models Bristol Hospice. We are excited to have acquired such bright, talented and mission driven employees to join the Bristol Hospice Family. We are committed to becoming the employer of choice for them and the hospice of choice for their patients and families in these communities that we serve together. Our combined teams make up some of the most talented and compassionate professionals, who are committed to maintaining the highest clinical standards. Bristol Hospice has seen considerable growth over the past 3 years and will continue to expand services where we can make a difference
Julio Quiñones, CEO of Healthy Living Network, commented, “We have worked to provide an excellent patient experience for all those that we have been honored to serve. We recognize the exceptional reputation and deep commitment to care that Bristol Hospice represents for our patients and employees going forward. We are comforted in knowing that our team members in our locations across California will benefit from Bristol’s unique aide services and dementia care programs. We are likewise excited to welcome the Bristol Home Health team and its patients into our network, where we will continue to deliver the highest quality of compassionate care. Through our hospice team we have been honored to work with some of the industries finest physicians, clinicians, practitioners and countless committed team members, that have attended to their patients and their family’s comfort and quality care at the end of life. The great team of professionals providing direct care to patients and families at Sojourn Hospice will not change as our team transitions and becomes part of the Bristol Hospice family.”
About Healthy Living Network
Founded in 2008, HLN is a premier provider of home health services in California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Washington operating [25] agencies. Its mission is to provide the highest quality personalized in-home healthcare services with kindness and compassion. HLN is backed by private equity firms Martis Capital, PCGI, and Lorient Capital. Lead investor Martis Capital, is a middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the North American healthcare industry managing more than $1.25 billion across its active funds with deep experience across post-acute healthcare services, home-based care, and innovative approaches to managing elderly, complex and costly patients to ultimately drive reduced costs and improved patient outcomes.
About Bristol Hospice
Bristol Hospice began operations in 2006 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bristol Hospice has a long history of providing exceptional hospice care across the country. It currently operates 27 locations across 8 states including: CA, OR, HI, UT, CO, TX, GA and FL as Bristol Hospice, Optimal Health Services and Suncrest Hospice of Colorado. The Bristol Programs are designed to promote quality and comprehensive hospice services to patients and families in the communities they serve. The Bristol leadership is committed to the company’s mission in ensuring that all patients and families who are entrusted to our care will be treated with the highest level of compassion, respect, and quality of care. For additional information on Bristol Hospice please visit www.bristolhospice.com
About Webster Capital
Founded in 2003, Webster invested in Bristol Hospice in November 2017 with the goal of providing the highest quality hospice and palliative care services to meet the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of individuals at the end of life.
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