AccentCare Announces Joint Venture With Memorial Hermann Health System

New partnership ‘throws down the gauntlet for what home-based healthcare can aspire to be.’

AccentCare, a post-acute services provider, announced Tuesday it has entered a joint venture with Memorial Hermann Health System to expand access to care in the home throughout the greater Houston, Texas area.

In addition to non-medical home care, AccentCare provides home health, palliative care, telehealth, hospice, and care management services. The partnership will unite not only AccentCare and Memorial Hermann, but the health system formerly known as Texas Home Health and the provider formerly known as Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, into one business entity.

"Home-based care is a setting that is becoming increasingly important," Teal Holden, senior vice president of ambulatory and post-acute services for Memorial Hermann, said in a statement. "By joining with a national and local leader like AccentCare, we will significantly advance our capability to both innovate and optimize care in the home-based care setting."

The agreement, finalized April 1, will strengthen the presence of both organizations in south Texas. Headquartered in Dallas, AccentCare has 30,000 professionals serving more than 210,000 patients across 30 states.

As one of the largest nonprofit health systems in southern Texas, Memorial Hermann's 6,700 physicians and 31,000 employees provide care to patients across more than 260 sites.

"We are two award-winning healthcare organizations, rising to today's healthcare challenges and joining together to become even better," AccentCare CEO, Steve Rogers, said in a statement. "This partnership with Memorial Hermann throws down the gauntlet for what home-based healthcare can aspire to be in south Texas."