Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For starters, the company is going full-speed ahead on palliative care, delivered through its subsidiary Contessa Health. Amedisys yesterday announced a partnership with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to cover those services, as well as a forthcoming divestiture of its personal care segment to HouseWorks — excluding its Florida operations.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Atlanta-headquartered Aveanna provides home health, hospice, personal care and private duty services across 33 states. The company also provides medical solutions, therapy services and durable medical equipment, among other adult and pediatric health care services. King ascended to the role in 2021.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

California-based post-acute care company Charter Healthcare Group has tapped Cheryl Lovell to become its new CEO and Anna-Gene O’Neal as the company’s first chief operating officer. 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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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

The Florida-based company is a home-based care franchise that provides home health care, hospice care, palliative care, pediatric care and personal care to about 200,000 patients annually from more than 330 U.S. Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2023

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International that provides hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. Home health and hospice provider Amedisys acquired the company in 2021 for $250 million.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. This acquisition is commensurate with our growth strategy to leverage our strong personal care presence and add clinical services.”. for an undisclosed sum. for $85 million earlier this year.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has agreed to acquire Heartland Hospice and other assets from the home-based care company ProMedica. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8 Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

Washington-headquartered Family Resource Home Care recently acquired personal care provider Companion Care, Inc., Family Resource provides end-of-life, respite and personal care, along with services such as medication management, meal preparation, housekeeping, companionship and dementia support.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. Fetzer was previously associate medical director at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, now part of the AMITA Health system. Care Synergy sprouted roots in 2021.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Texas-headquartered Choice Health at Home has entered the personal care space with the acquisition of Instant Care of Arizona for an undisclosed sum. During 2021, Choice completed 10 transactions within the home health and hospice space. The transaction also gives Choice its first foothold in the Grand Canyon State.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Fortis Health Fortis Health Rob Radics, CEO, Fortis Health Fortis offers home health, hospice, palliative and personal care services across its footprint. The company also operates Valeo Home Health and Hospice and Select Home Health, which Grant Avenue acquired in late 2020 and 2021, respectively. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Transaction volume declined in the hospice and home-based care space in 2023, following the two record-breaking prior years. Only three hospice deals took place in the third quarter of this year compared to 11 in Q3 2022 and 18 in the same period in 2021, according to data from the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Dallas-headquartered AccentCare delivers hospice to upwards of 40,000 patients annually through more than 80 hospice locations and 27 in-patient care centers. The company also offers care management, home health, palliative care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, telehealth, non-medical, and personal care services.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

In addition to those pressures, the industry is also in a cooling period in which companies focus on integrating the assets that many acquired during flurries of activity in 2021 and 2022, according to Mark Kulik, senior managing director at The Braff Group. Getting those “synergies” to align takes dedicated time and resources, Kulik stated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The organization has grown its patient census and geographic reach under Whitaker’s leadership, citing a “234% increase” in the number of patients accessing care across all of its service lines in the announcement, as well as expanded services into four new counties. the previous year – both California-based.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Under Kusserow, Amedisys also expanded its care continuum from home health and hospice to include palliative care, personal care, hospital-at-home and skilled-nursing-facility-at-home. million in Q3 2021. During his time leading the company, Amedisys’ market capitalization rose to more than $5.3

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Hospice News

MARCH 16, 2023

Dallas-headquartered AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International, offering hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care.

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

As of 2021, 67% of individual plans offered support related to meals, as well as 69% of special needs plans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. SCAN began partnering with MedArrive in late 2021 as a preferred provider of home-based services, including a joint effort to vaccinate homebound patients for COVID-19.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2023

A pattern of “megadeals” occurring in 2021 and 2022 set a high bar for transaction valuations and volumes, which contributed to this year’s slump compared to previous record-breaking levels. Among this year’s biggest deals in terms of valuation and size was Gentiva’s $710 million acquisition of ProMedica’s hospice and home-based care assets.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In hospice, clinicians in the field have the closest relationships with patients and families, giving them direct insight into their needs and the challenge of providing care when many operators are understaffed. Akunesokwu (Neso) Obiora entered the palliative care field nearly 20 years ago as a hospice aide.

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Hospice News

MARCH 17, 2023

Established in 1978, Agrace provides hospice and palliative care in southern Wisconsin. The nonprofit’s other services include personal care, adult day services and grief support. The company has established a Net Zero Climate Transition Plan with an aim to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from operations by 2050.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2023

.” – Richard Ashworth, incoming CEO, Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) Co-location of services A number of providers that already offer services beyond hospice care — such as home health, palliative care, PACE or personal care, among others — seek to bring their business lines together in the same markets.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

Empath Health is the parent company of Tidewell Hospice and Suncoast Hospice, and offers a range of other senior care services. The company provides hospice, home health, palliative and personal care to more than 12,000 patients daily across the Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida areas. Both Wade and Jacoby joined Jet Health 2021.

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MARCH 22, 2021

by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. It surprises me that despite much research and team role development, palliative care team members may not be aware of the importance of the palliative care social worker. I was not the only one. Quite a wide gamut.

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Hospice News

APRIL 20, 2022

Meanwhile, Addus is mostly known for Medicaid-based personal care services, but it has increasingly voiced its eagerness to get further into home health care and hospice. . “We Addus currently provides home-based care services to approximately 44,500 consumers through 207 locations across 22 states.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. billion in 2021, according to Fortune Business Insights. The hospice market is expected to nearly double in the next decade, reaching $64.7

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Fortis offers home health, hospice, palliative and personal care services in Utah and Indiana, with plans to build density in its existing footprint, as well as expand to new markets. The firm is focused on what he calls “thematic investing,” which includes a strong focus on home-based care industries.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

I have channeled my passion for working with underserved communities, beginning as a licensed social worker for a large hospital system, where I experienced firsthand the disparities in healthcare access and limitations in delivering whole-person care. There are concerns about a hospice carve-in. Why is VNS Health bullish on it?

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2022

Two transactions demonstrate rising interest among payers in owning the home-based care assets that serve their beneficiaries. NYSE: HUM) in 2021 acquired 100% ownership of Kindred at Home from its former private equity partners Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and TPG Capital. Humana Inc. Humana will retain the remaining 40%.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

(NYSE: HUM) has signed a definitive agreement to sell a 60% stake in Kindred at Home’s (KAH) hospice and personal care business to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR) for $2.8 Humana will retain the remaining 40%. Kindred at Home has been on a circuitous journey with Humana.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 28, 2022

– Trend #4: Agency Owners Are Still Worried About COVID-19—Making 2021 the First Year it Ranks as One of Their Top Threats. Trend #4: Agency Owners Are Still Worried About COVID-19—Making 2021 the First Year it Ranks as One of Their Top Threats. Unlock the most comprehensive data on the private duty home care industry.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 19, 2022

Over half of all home care agencies currently offer their caregivers training in the following 8 topics: personal care (ADLs), client safety, infection control basics, employee safety, Coronavirus, client rights, communications and other soft skills, diseases and chronic conditions. 7 popular topics are hitting the charts.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Social workers left the health care field at record-high rates during the pandemic, according to data from the Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation Health System Tracker. Findings reflected that attrition rates exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 35% as of 2021. 3–6 Big Provider, Payer Hospice Deals.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 30, 2022

Choosing personalized training courses that cater to both your caregivers’ interests and your clients’ needs will not only drive job satisfaction, but dramatically increase your agency’s appeal to job seekers. Jensen Jones and Jill Scott put it best in our 2021 Benchmarking Study, “We all like to feel appreciated.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2023

. “With the addition of Amedisys, we will bolster our offerings to meet the growing demand for personalized care in the home and alternative sites that move us closer to achieving this goal.” The relationship between Amedisys and Option Care began long before this merger. Amedisys earned $556.4 million in Q1 2022.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The nonprofit employs nearly 900 staff who provide hospice, palliative, personal care, adult day and memory care services to roughly 1,500 individuals across 19 counties in southern Wisconsin. Agrace has served more than 66,253 hospice and palliative care patients since it was established in 1978. million in 2020.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Personal care and social work referrals will also end. “But Its home health and hospice segment employs 458 staff who have provided care to 4,556 patients. The organization’s hospice patient census volume grew 20% from 2020 to 2021.

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