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LiveWell Partners has closed its acquisition of Assured Home Health and Hospice, a Detroit-based provider serving Southeast Michigan. Assured will retain its name and leadership, while the price and other financial terms have not been disclosed.
LiveWell Partners has closed its acquisition of Detroit-based Assured Home Health and Hospice, expanding the St. Louis company’s home health and hospice operations in Southeast Michigan. The companies did not disclose the deal’s financial terms; LiveWell said Assured will continue operating under its established name and leadership.
LiveWell announced the completed transaction, which Home Health Care News reported it had learned of exclusively. Assured provides home health and hospice services throughout Southeast Michigan. LiveWell said the acquisition is intended to broaden access to care, reduce response times and strengthen clinical resources in the Detroit area. Those are the company’s stated aims; the announcement did not provide measures or timelines for those changes.
The purchase is LiveWell’s fourth transaction in Michigan, following acquisitions of Michigan Community VNA Home Health and Hospice and John Paul Home Care and Hospice. The source report does not identify the fourth transaction beyond those named acquisitions and Assured, or provide a complete timeline of LiveWell’s Michigan deals.
Assured will keep its established name and leadership, according to LiveWell. Vijay Sahore, Assured’s co-CEO, described the partnership as a chance to build on the organization’s existing foundation while gaining resources and capabilities. Neither company detailed changes to staffing, service locations, patient arrangements or referral processes.
LiveWell Adds Detroit-Area Capacity
The acquisition gives LiveWell another established provider in a major Michigan market and adds to its presence across the Midwest. For patients and referral partners, the immediate confirmed point is continuity of Assured’s name and leadership; the company says it wants to expand resources and improve response times, but has not said how those goals will be implemented or evaluated.
Home health and hospice organizations provide care outside traditional hospital settings, making local coverage and clinical capacity relevant to patients, families and the professionals who coordinate care. A larger regional footprint could give LiveWell more reach in Southeast Michigan, though the available announcement does not establish that services will expand, that wait times will fall or that patient outcomes will change.
The transaction also adds to deal activity in a sector where acquisitions can change ownership and operating structures. The report’s figures show that 11 home health, home care and hospice transactions closed in the third quarter of 2026, compared with 23 in the second quarter. That quarter-to-quarter count offers a snapshot of completed deals, not an explanation for the decline or a measure of the number of providers or patients affected.
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A Fourth Michigan Transaction
LiveWell Partners is based in St. Louis, Missouri, and provides home health and hospice services across Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio, according to the source report. The company is backed by private equity firm Encore Management Group and Camino Partners. The announcement did not disclose whether either backer had a specific role in financing the Assured purchase.
LiveWell’s Michigan expansion has included Michigan Community VNA Home Health and Hospice and John Paul Home Care and Hospice. The Assured acquisition follows those purchases as the company builds its regional footprint. The report also points to other recent sector transactions: Deaconess Associations Incorporated acquired 24 home health locations and seven hospice locations from HCA Healthcare, while Addus HomeCare acquired AccentCare’s personal home care division outside New York for approximately $275 million.
Those transactions differ in scope and services from LiveWell’s purchase of Assured. The source material provides no sale price for Assured, so the deal cannot be directly compared financially with the disclosed Addus transaction.
““Assured is a trusted name in Detroit, and our approach is to protect what makes a brand special while giving it the scale to do more.””
— Stacie Bratcher, CEO of LiveWell Partners
Price and Operating Changes Undisclosed
The purchase price and other deal terms have not been disclosed. The companies also have not said whether the acquisition will lead to changes in staffing, locations, service availability, referral procedures or patient care arrangements. Assured is expected to keep its name and leadership, but the announcement does not outline how the two organizations will coordinate clinical or administrative operations.
LiveWell’s stated goals of broader access, faster responses and stronger clinical resources are company aims, not reported outcomes. No baseline figures, implementation schedule or performance measures were provided. It is not yet clear whether patients will see changes, when any operational integration will occur, or how LiveWell will assess progress.
Integration Details Still Pending
The acquisition has closed, and Assured is set to continue under its existing name and leadership, according to LiveWell. The companies have not announced a further timetable for integration or described specific next steps for employees, patients or referral partners.
Further details would be needed to assess the transaction’s local effects, including any service changes, new clinical resources or response-time targets. Until the companies provide those details, the confirmed development is the change in ownership and LiveWell’s stated intention to expand its Southeast Michigan capabilities.
Key Questions
What did LiveWell Partners acquire?
LiveWell Partners acquired Assured Home Health and Hospice, a Detroit-based provider of home health and hospice services across Southeast Michigan.
Has the acquisition closed?
Yes. LiveWell announced that it closed the acquisition; the announcement did not provide a separate closing date.
Will Assured keep its name and leadership?
LiveWell said Assured will continue operating under its established name and leadership.
How much did LiveWell pay?
The companies have not disclosed the purchase price or other financial terms.
What changes should patients expect?
LiveWell said it aims to broaden access, reduce response times and strengthen clinical resources in the Detroit area. It has not announced specific changes to services, locations or patient arrangements, so the practical effects for patients remain unclear.
Source: homehealthcarenews.com
