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Hospice M&A Going Strong, But Non-Medical Home Care a Rising Star

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As of the end of Q2, this included 23 deals compared to 17 each for Medicare-certified home health and for hospice, according to a report by M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. Medicare Advantage is a clear example. As of 2019, the U.S. Now, many of those operators are regaining their appetites for home health.

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Hospice Leaders ‘Shocked’ by Lackluster Proposed Payment Rule Amid Inflation, Wage Hikes

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a 2.7% Beyond the rising costs, Medicare is phasing in the return of payment sequestration, which was temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 public health emergency. pay increase for hospice care for Fiscal Year 2023.

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Addus Acquires Apple Home Healthcare

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Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., Since 2019, Addus has purchased seven personal care companies and four home health and hospice agencies. for an undisclosed sum. Texas-based Addus has more than 200 locations across 22 states, including Illinois.

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How Proposed Cuts to Home Health Payments Could Impact Hospice M&A

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This disruption contributed to soaring deal volume in the hospice space from 2019 through 2021, which reached record highs. NASDAQ: AMED), and Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS) indicated that they would prioritize home health deals this year. This started to level off late last year and in early 2022.

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5 Most Game-Changing Hospice Deals from 2022

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The divestiture fits into Humana’s stated goal of raising its enterprise value by $1 billion , while building out its health care services and Medicare Advantage business. The company began as the fourth largest provider of Medicare-certified home health services and the 12th largest provider of Medicare-certified hospice services nationally.

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Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

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Are you in an outlier scenario with your data that Medicare contractors are looking at? Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. In 2020, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 97.0 according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. That number reached 92.5

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Hospice, Tech Company Partnerships Seek to Improve Length of Stay, Streamline Workflows

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Case in point, researchers at Penn Medicine, a component of the University of Pennsylvania, in 2019 published a study showing that an in-house predictive analytics system, Palliative Connect, increased the organization’s number of palliative care consultations by 74%. according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

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