Adoration Health merges with Home Health Care

Home Health Care of East Tennessee, Inc., a family-owned home health care agency with offices in Chattanooga, Cleveland, Lenoir City and Whitwell, Tennessee, has merged with Adoration Health in Nashville, which is owned by BrightSpring Health Services.

Home Health Care will now integrate into Adoration Health under BrightSpring’s home health care umbrella, joining a nationwide community of brands that provide clinical, non- clinical, pharmacy and ancillary care services for people of all ages, health and skill levels across home and community settings.

“What’s great about this new partnership is that our organizations are both focused on the same mission — which is to help people live their best life,” Adoration Chief Executive Officer Chris Jones said in an announcement Monday of the purchase of Home Health Care of East Tennessee. “We believe the coming together of two great organizations with caring and compassionate employees will be an opportunity to build upon each other’s unique strengths and our goal is to provide even greater benefits to the people we serve.”

Adoration Health serves approximately 1,200 individuals in 24 counties across the Middle Tennessee area.

Home Health Care of East Tennessee was founded in 1983 by Fred W. Bayne and most recently was owned by his daughter and son-in-law, Mitzi Bayne Ruth and Scott Ruth. In addition to the 17 counties in southeastern Tennessee, Home Health Care of East Tennessee also operates as Continue Care in 14 western Mississippi counties.

The merger was completed last Friday.