Compassionate Care Hospice: Louisiana hospice company buys New Jersey-based chain

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana-based home health and hospice company says it's buying a nationwide hospice company based in New Jersey, and will become the nation's third-largest hospice provider. Amedisys, Inc . of Baton Rouge said Wednesday that it is buying Compassionate Care Hospice of Parsippany, New Jersey, for $340 million. A news [...]