LOUISVILLE, Ky. , Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Almost Family, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFAM) today announced an agreement to acquire the assets of the Medicare-certified home health agency owned by Fairfield Medical Center located near Columbus, OH .

'We are very pleased to welcome the employees of Fairfield to our growing family of home health providers. We're also very excited to take this first acquisition step in some time in the Midwest,' said William B. Yarmuth, chairman and chief executive officer of Almost Family. 'As we've said recently we have been directing our development attention to the Midwest for awhile now and are happy to announce this first in what we hope will be a series of transactions. We feel very good about the prospects for home health in Ohio which will remain a focal point for our development efforts.'

The agency generated approximately $1.2 million of Medicare revenue in 2007. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Almost Family, Inc., founded in 1976, is a leading regional provider of home health nursing services, with branch locations in Florida , Kentucky , Connecticut , New Jersey , Ohio , Massachusetts , Alabama , Missouri , Illinois , Pennsylvania , and Indiana (in order of revenue significance). Almost Family, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate a Medicare-certified segment and a personal care segment. Altogether, Almost Family operates over 90 branch locations in 11 U.S. states.

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SOURCE Almost Family, Inc.