SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—Agape Care Group (ACG), a provider of hospice and palliative care and portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners, has acquired select Crossroads Hospice locations in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia. Crossroads Hospice will continue to operate in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
“The addition of Crossroads Hospice solidifies our decision to expand into the Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma markets, where we have spent more than a year building the infrastructure to support this acquisition,” said Troy Yarborough, chief executive officer of ACG. “We welcome the talented team members from Crossroads and look forward to focusing on care delivery and better serving patients in the Kansas City, St. Louis, Lenexa, Warrensburg, Oklahoma City and Atlanta markets.”
ACG offers hospice and palliative services across multiple settings and states, aiming to enhance the patient-family experience. ACG serves patients through its family of brands: Agape Care South Carolina; Georgia Hospice Care; Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in North Carolina; and ACG Hospice in Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Virginia. The new Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma locations will operate under the ACG Hospice brand, while the Georgia location will operate under the Georgia Hospice Care brand.
“The culture of Agape Care Group is everything we envisioned in an acquisition partner,” said Perry Farmer, chief executive officer of Crossroads Hospice. “Their clinical quality and operational success give us great comfort and we expect the Crossroads staff to integrate seamlessly with the Agape Care team in these markets.”
