Hospice News

MAY 23, 2023

Hospice merger and acquisition activity has taken a downturn in 2023, which is in line with projections from M&A experts. Approximately 14 hospice, home care and home health transactions were reported during the first quarter of 2023, according to recent data from Mertz Taggart.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The pendulum of investor interest has swung hard into the hospice market in recent years, but shifts in reimbursement could steer buyers towards home health. Uncertainty earlier this year around Medicare’s proposed 2023 home health payment rates led some stakeholders to expect a swerve towards hospice.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2024

Though many expect a hospice M&A rebound in 2024, the scales are tipping in favor of home health companies among buyers. After 2023’s slump, PE firms have been sitting on more than $800 million in dry powder, according to data shared with Hospice News by The Braff Group. Interest rates remain a wild card.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2024

Hospice transactions are facing a new world of challenges during a time when M&A activity is projected to ramp up after recent lulls. More founders who began their organizations when the Medicare Hospice Benefit was established in the 1980s are reaching retirement. Who’s going to receive the proceeds?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice and home health care providers’ recruitment and retention strategies have narrowed their focus on workers’ key priorities, with organizational culture among the heaviest hitters on their lists. Like many health care providers, Accurate saw nursing turnover rise during the pandemic, with volumes improving since.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

Todays hospice landscape is reaching a pivotal point of evolutionary growth that has come with increased oversight as regulators seek to curb fraudulent activity in the space, according to Bill Dombi, senior counsel for the law firm Arnall Golden Gregory (AGG). What are the leading legal concerns facing hospice providers right now?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Though hospice deal volume dipped in 2022 compared to previous years, five particular transactions could paint a larger picture of where investors see value in the space. These interesting, unusual or groundbreaking deals could signal what’s to come in 2023 and help shape the hospice market’s long-term future. s (NYSE: HUM) $2.8

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Disruption in home health reimbursement has an influence on the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly among the rising number of companies offering both services. So many industry consolidators paused all but the most strategic deals and pivoted to hospice. “. A few factors come into play here.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

NASDAQ: AMED) has agreed to divest upwards of 100 home health and hospice locations to an undisclosed private equity buyer as the company addresses regulators’ antitrust concerns in its pending acquisition by the UnitedHealth Group’s (UNH) health care services arm Optum. Optum Health currently serves more than 4.1

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

Amid persistent workforce shortages, sign-on and employee referral bonuses, as well as enhanced benefits, are bearing the most fruit for hospice providers. Filling gaps in the hospice workforce has come with hefty financial costs for some providers, but sustainable capacity is a large part of the return on investment.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) are moving forward on the integration of their combined new organization. Announced in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon).

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

The future of telehealth in hospice care delivery is among the questions swirling around the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. Though initially the telehealth waivers weren’t intended to be permanent, they will likely have long-term impacts in hospice.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This year has brought both tumultuous challenges and evolving opportunities for hospices that will steer hospice leadership during 2024. Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders about the most impactful forces that will shape the space in the coming year. CEOs and other hospice executives also noted emerging themes.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Currently, nine of the company’s locations are hospices, with more expected in the coming years. Hospice is a smaller part of what we have today, but we’re excited to make that a bigger part and bring hospice into our other operating states. My roots are in home care. “My My roots are in home care. NYSE: EHAB).

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Hospice acquisition volumes and price tags have hit record highs for several years running. While a sizzling hospice market saw a cooled start this year, merger and acquisition activity is still outpacing other health care sectors. How has the hospice market been shaping up this year compared to others?

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

As The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG) searches out more hospice and home health assets, the company is focusing heavily on developing its next generation of leaders. Pennant has its sights on multiple potential transactions across its hospice, home health and senior living business lines. million in Q1 2022.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To manage the changes taking place in hospice and in the larger health care system, Community Hospice & Palliative Care CEO Philip Ward has a mantra: Rethink everything. Ward, who has worked in hospice since 1992, also serves as the COO of Alivia Care. Ward: Quite accidentally.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Barbara Jacobsmeyer as of July 1 became the first CEO of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) as an independent, standalone company. Enhabit emerged from the spinoff of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment, which completed in July. billion to $1.12

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

About 40% of 330 hospice professionals who responded to the 2023 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report said that staff satisfaction and engagement would be the biggest driver of their technology investments this year. For 2023, the U.S. Pennant’s home health and hospice services segment brought in $90.7

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We In mid-2023, the company’s leadership team now believes Aveanna is starting to see signs of progress. million, a 6.5% million, a 9.7%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

s (NASDAQ: AVAH) hospice and home health segments saw small jumps in the third quarter, but these lagged behind the company’s growth targets. The IPO occurred during a tumultuous era in health care, with providers across the continuum still reeling from the pandemic and worsened workforce pressures. rise from $411.3

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Debbie Jonhston is a registered nurse who founded Viriginia-based Serenity First Hospice in 2021, inspired by the care her father recieved as he reached the end of his life. With the launch of Serenity First, Johnston transitioned from her career in home health and personal care. Hospice is different in the beginning.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. Hospice News: I am here with Maria Warren and we’re going to talk a little bit about technology and value-based care. Are you not?

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. Apple offers home health, skilled nursing and rehabilitative therapy services to 450 patients daily across 11 counties in and around the Chicago area. for $85 million earlier this year.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

As Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) sinks teeth into acquisitions, the company will be taking smaller bites when it comes to hospice deals. Addus has indicated for roughly the last year that it will orient its M&A strategy towards its home health and personal care services, with hospice becoming less of a priority.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

The consideration marks another move among large home health and hospice providers in the industry. The company is getting ready to explore various transaction options in order to satisfy the terms of its Tax Matters Agreement with Encompass Health Corp. million during the second quarter of 2023, a 2.1%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Todd Austin, President of HCP, to learn the strategies that hospice providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry at large.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. Advocating for a comprehensive approach to hospice care.

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Nurse.com

MARCH 9, 2023

Home health nurses provide a number of critical services, including wound care, medication management, and patient education and often work closely with other healthcare professionals, such as doctors and therapists. The post Leading Nursing Trends for 2023 appeared first on Nurse.com Blog.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 26, 2022

– A Hospice CEO’s First Reactions. A Hospice CEO’s First Reactions. Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. The OIG announced a new focused audit that will be conducted in FY 2023. – Are You Prepared?

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

UnitedHealth Group, via Optum, has made massive investments in home health and hospice in recent years. In June 2023, the company penned an agreement to acquire Amedisys in an all-cash transaction of $101 per share, or about $3.3 This reflects patient census growth of about 900,000 people during 2023.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Mark Kulik, Senior Managing Director, The Braff Group, to learn how the HHA and hospice M&A landscape is shaping up for 2022 heading into 2023. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today? Mark Kulik: Truthfully, all of them.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2023

Are we seeing any wage growth relief for home health and hospice? No, wage growth for home health and hospice remains at an unprecedented level, significantly higher than what we are seeing in other industries. Why is wage growth so much higher for home-based care? How long will it continue?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Jason Banks, vice president of post-acute business development at nVoq. This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Let’s just dig into what the problem is with that renewed focus on quality in hospice.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For Immediate Release December 21, 2023 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) jointly announced today that they have developed a proposed slate of Transition Board of Directors and officers for 2024.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 11, 2022

3: How to Prepare Your Staff For OASIS-E Upgrades Wendie Colvin, Senior Clinical Content Writer at HCP, answers all your questions about OASIS-E, and shares how agencies can prepare their staff for these new regulatory updates in 2023. Linda Leekley ( 00:08 ): Hey, welcome everyone to Home Care Pulse Vision, Care Leaders’ podcast.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 29, 2023

She is committed to providing top-notch care to the communities served by VNS Health Choice MAP and MLTC, many of whom come from vulnerable backgrounds. Esther Conteh is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023. So, she took action.

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