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2025 Could See Uptick in Hospice M&A, Less ‘Deal Fatigue’

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Multiples in home health and hospice reached 29x in 2020, beating 2019’s record of 26x, reported PwC’s Health Research Institute. If you’re looking to buy or thinking about growing, now is probably a good time, because the conditions will be more fitful toward sellers coming into 2025 and then 2026,” Kulik said.

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NAHC-NHPCO Alliance Taking Shape

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Both organizations bring a rich history and awareness of the challenges and opportunities in home health and hospice care delivery, said Bill Dombi, interim Co-CEO of the NAHC-NHPCO Alliance. The alliance is anticipated to take shape under a new name by January 2025, he indicated.

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Federal Funds Reignite Hospice Nurse Recruitment Initiative

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Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a bill that would create new funds for the program in Fiscal Year 2025. The residency project began with a pilot program of four home health and hospice providers that had participated in a previous initiative. The project is fueled in part by a $150,000 grant from the U.S.

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Aveanna Revs Hospice, Home Health M&A Engine

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Aveanna is in the process of reviewing a few potential acquisitions, which could close in 2025, he indicated. “We As we go into 2025, both organic and inorganic growth becomes really priority number one for the company. We believe it’s time for us to re-enter the M&A market,” Shaner said in the earnings call. “As

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M&A Volume May Shift From Hospice to Home Health

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Other provisions appeared in the 2024 home health final rule, which among other things prohibits the sale of a new hospice within 36 months. Even though a similar rule already exists in home health, the fact that the hospice requirement is new for this year could lead to some disruption.

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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

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Assistant HHS Inspector General Erin Bliss raised concerns during the hearing about MA plans using chart reviews or in-home health risk assessments to diagnose patients, often without additional follow-up. Chartis projects that MA will account for 50% of all Medicare beneficiaries by 2025. billion in 2017 alone, she indicated.

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

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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. I would imagine we’ll have more clarity around 2023-2025 reimbursement by late this year or early next year.

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