FAIRFIELD, Calif., Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Sutter Care at Home, a leading not-for-profit home care organization in Northern California, has acquired Alliance Home Health located in Salinas, CA, effective Dec. 7, 2015. This acquisition will expand Sutter Care at Home’s home health programs and services in Monterey County.

As a part of Sutter Care at Home, Alliance will continue to provide high-quality programs and services for the local community. Alliance Home Health provides a full array of homecare services, including skilled nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, home health aide services, and medical social services.

“Our partnership with Alliance Home Health will expand Sutter Care at Home’s capacity to provide timely, affordable and high quality home health services in Monterey County,” said Marcia Reissig, CEO of Sutter Care at Home. “Our mutual goal is to further expand and strengthen home health services in the community.”

“As a part of Sutter Care at Home, Alliance Home Health will maintain its philosophy of providing home care services in a spiritual, caring and compassionate manner,” said Mary Allred, owner of Alliance Home Health. “We will continue to offer our patients and families the full spectrum of our high quality home health programs and services.”

As a for-profit organization, Alliance Home Health will now become a part of the not-for-profit Sutter Health system. With the addition of Monterey County, Sutter Care at Home provides home health services in 24 Northern California counties.

About Sutter Care at Home
Founded in 1906, Sutter Care at Home is part of the not-for-profit Sutter Health network and delivers personalized care to more than 150,000 patients in 24 Northern California counties each year. Sutter Care at Home’s dedicated teams of home care providers support patients and their families through skilled home health, hospice, home medical equipment, respiratory therapy and home infusion, private and geriatric care, Lifeline medical alert services, and community flu and wellness programs.

Sutter Care at Home’s Home Health and Hospice programs have been awarded three-year accreditation under the Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) Standards of Excellence. Additionally, six Sutter Care at Home centers received Top Agency awards from the 2015 HomeCare Elite™, which identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified home health agencies in the country.

Sutter Care at Home offers local service at branch offices and leads the transformation of home care to achieve the highest levels of quality, access and affordability. Its best practices have earned nationwide recognition — most notably for its Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program. Sutter Health’s AIM Program recently earned recognition in CAPG’s 2015 Case Studies in Excellence publication. To learn more, visit www.suttercareathome.org

About Alliance
Alliance Home Health serves the areas of Monterey, Carmel, Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove, Seaside, Marina, Salinas, Gonzales, Soledad, Prunedale/Castroville, Moss Landing, and Watsonville in Monterey County. Alliance Home Health is committed to providing home care services in a spiritual, caring, and compassionate manner. We strive to achieve excellence in all services and to remain at the forefront in meeting the changing needs of an aging community. Alliance Home Health believes that home health care can work in conjunction with community health care providers in offering consistency of care through coordinated institution and non-institutional clinical services. To learn more, visit http://www.alliancehome-health.com/.

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SOURCE Sutter Care at Home