Health Connect America Acquires First Home Care and North Star Counseling of Central Florida
February 22, 2023
Health Connect America, a Palladium Equity Partners–backed behavioral health platform, completed acquisitions of First Home Care (Richmond, VA) and North Star Counseling of Central Florida (Kissimmee, FL). The add-on deals expand Health Connect's therapeutic foster care and behavioral therapy/case management capabilities and extend its geographic footprint in Virginia and Florida.
- Buyers
- Health Connect America, Inc., Palladium Equity Partners, LLC
- Targets
- First Home Care, North Star Counseling of Central Florida
- Sellers
- Universal Health Services, Wilson and Omayra Villanueva (founders of North Star Counseling of Central Florida)
- Platforms
- Health Connect America, Inc.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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