Heritage Healthcare and HealthPRO have merged, the companies announced.

The combined company provides contract therapy, in-house therapy management, staffing, compliance and reimbursement consulting services at more than 400 skilled nursing facilities, continuing care retirement, assisted and independent living communities, hospitals, and schools, the companies said.

By joining forces, the combined companies will have more than 4,000 employees working in 22 states.

HealthPRO’s CEO, John Heller, will remain CEO while Heritage Healthcare’s, President Paul Shaw, will become president of the combined entity. There are no plans for either entity to change names, and offices will stay open in Greenville, SC; Baltimore; Cleveland; and Chicago.