Andwell Health Partners Merges With Hospice of Southern Maine
January 15, 2026
Andwell Health Partners has merged with Hospice of Southern Maine. The combination is designed to sustain access to community-based end-of-life care. The merger will be effective April 1, 2026 and is intended to strengthen the combined organizations’ ability to support patients and families statewide. Maine-based Andwell Health Partners announced the deal on Wednesday in a social media post. Joining forces allows the two nonprofits to build greater clinical capacity and improve access to person-centered care, said Kenneth Albert, president and CEO of Andwell Health Partners.
“This has been a lot of work in the making. Proud of this merger,” Albert said in a social media post. “Our goal is focused on preserving a high-quality nonprofit option for hospice services for Maine people. We are stronger together!” Care teams and plans will remain unchanged under the newly combined organization. The merger reflects a shared belief that collaboration and scale are “essential” to sustaining access to nonprofit care in today’s evolving health care environment, the organizations stated in a press release. Seniors 65 and older represent 23.5% of Maine’s overall population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Hospice utilization rates reached 54% among Medicare decedents in 2024, which compared to a national average of 52% that year, the National Alliance for Care at Home reported.
Founded in 1966 as Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice, Andwell Health Partners rebranded in 2024. The nonprofit’s services include hospice, home health, palliative, therapy and wound care, community and behavioral health, audiology and dementia care management through its Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) program. Andwell Health Partners’ geographic service spans 16 counties in Maine.
Hospice of Southern Maine has provided services since 2004. The nonprofit operates a general inpatient care center, the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, which features 18 private patient rooms in a home-like setting. Hospice of Southern Maine was born through the 2003 merger of two other providers. Later, the organization combined with three home health agencies to form a larger home-based care platform, which included the brands Community Health Services, Southern Maine Health & Homecare Service and Visiting Nurse Services. The merger with Andwell Health Partners was a long-time in the making, according to Daryl Cady, CEO at Hospice of Southern Maine. The two organizations have collaborated for several years to serve patients and families, Cady indicated.
“For years, our two organizations have worked side-by-side serving Maine families,” Cady said in a statement. “Now, we’re taking the next step: Uniting under one organization to better serve our communities. This transition is happening because we share the same mission and values. Compassion, integrity and clinical excellence guide everything we do.”
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