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

Hospice News

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. The most recent example is the 2020 implementation of the Patient-driven Groupings Model (PDGM).

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How Home Health, Personal Care Reimbursement Guiding Addus’ M&A Strategy

Hospice News

Hospice multiples broke records in 2020, 2021 and 2022, reaching as high as 29x. Potential shifts in home health reimbursement are also driving the company’s M&A decisions, Poff stated during an earnings call earlier this year.

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Charter Healthcare Shakes Up Executive Team with New CEO, COO

Hospice News

Charter, a portfolio company of Pharos Capital Group, provides hospice, home health, complex care management and palliative care services to nearly 13,000 patients in eight states. “We The company completed at least six hospice deals in 2021 on top of four in 2020, in addition to two de novos and a number of home health transactions.

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Pennant COO John Gochnour: Valuations in Hospice Are Becoming More Realistic

Hospice News

The home health, hospice and senior living company aims to pursue acquisition opportunities across all of its service lines. Primarily, we’re seeing home health, but also hospice, multiples return to more normalized rates. Valuations in hospice are becoming more realistic.”

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Compassus Expands Services, Footprint Via Ascension Saint Thomas Partnership

Hospice News

It also adds home health capabilities to Compassus’ operations in central Tennessee, where the company already offers hospice services. “In Compassus is mission compatible and offers that depth in home health that we were seeking.” The agreement expands Compassus’ service region to include every county in the state.

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How the 2023 Home Health Rule Could Change the Game in Hospice M&A

Hospice News

reduction would have made a significant dent in home health operators’ bottom lines. That market will most likely remain strong , but home health has been picking up steam. Now that the dust has settled, they have taken up renewed interest in home health. The ‘door re-opens’ on home health.

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Hospice M&A Takes Downturn in Early 2023, May Rebound in Second Half of the Year

Hospice News

Among the reasons for the downturn are resurgent interest in home health assets, as well as spiking operational and labor costs, according to Les Levinson, partner and co-chair of the Transactional Healthcare Practice Group at Robinson+Cole LLP.

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