Edge Healthcare Partners is pleased to announce that PSA Healthcare, Inc. (“PSA”), a portfolio company of J.H. Whitney Capital Partners (“J.H. Whitney”) and leading provider of pediatric home care for children with medical complexities, has acquired Care Unlimited, Inc. and associated entities (collectively “Care Unlimited”), a leading provider of home care services to medically fragile children in Pennsylvania. The terms of the transaction, which closed on January 31, 2016, were not disclosed. Edge Healthcare Partners served as the exclusive financial advisor to PSA.
“Care Unlimited is a natural fit with PSA as we continue to expand and add density to our existing service areas,” said Rod Windley, Executive Chairman of PSA. “Having worked with the Edge team for over a decade, we have a high degree of confidence and trust in Edge to provide outstanding advice and execution capabilities.”
“We were thrilled to partner with the PSA management team to further expand and enhance the PSA brand with the acquisition of Care Unlimited,” said Todd Watkins, Partner of Edge Healthcare Partners. “We are honored that PSA and J.H. Whitney placed their trust in our team to execute this important transaction for the company.”
About PSA Healthcare
PSA is a leading national provider of critically important home care services for medically fragile children. Recognized as an industry leader in quality that it has developed over the company’s 25 year history, PSA provides care to more than 3,200 patients across 17 states through over 70 offices. In addition to its core home-based pediatric private duty nursing platform, PSA provides a broad range of pediatric healthcare services, including home-based pediatric skilled nursing visits and therapies, outsourced school health programs, pediatric day treatment centers for medically fragile children and intellectual and developmental home care. For more information, visit http://www.psahealthcare.com.
About J.H. Whitney Capital Partners
Established in 1946 by the industrialist and philanthropist, John Hay “Jock” Whitney, J.H. Whitney was one of the first U.S. private equity firms and is often credited with pioneering the development of the private equity industry. Today, J.H. Whitney remains privately owned by its investing professionals and focuses on providing private equity capital to small and middle market companies with strong growth prospects in a number of industries including consumer, healthcare, specialty manufacturing and business services. For more information, visit http://www.whitney.com.
About Care Unlimited
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Care Unlimited is one of the largest independent providers of pediatric home care services in the state, offering a range of services to patients with rare and complex medical conditions. Through additional offices in Erie and DuBois, Care Unlimited is licensed to provide services in 28 Western and Central Pennsylvania counties.
About Edge Healthcare Partners
Edge Healthcare Partners is an independent Atlanta based investment banking firm focused on providing merger and acquisition services to leading private and public healthcare companies and private equity firms. Edge Healthcare Partners also assists companies with raising capital for growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations, going-private and management buy-out transactions The professionals of Edge Healthcare Partners have over 65 years of collective investment banking experience and have completed more than 100 transactions across the entire spectrum of healthcare including healthcare services, healthcare information technology, distribution and life sciences. Securities are offered through Edge Corporate Finance, Member FINRA and SIPC. For more information, visit https://www.edgehcp.com/.
