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Enhabit’s 2023 M&A Strategy Leans Toward Hospice Assets

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s (NYSE: EHAB) M&A journey has narrowed towards hospice, diverting less in home health’s direction. Reimbursement uncertainties, shrinking pools of available assets, and rising valuations in the home health space are forces steering the company’s sights towards hospice, according to Enhabit executives.

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NAHC President Dombi: Hospices Face Stricter Oversight in 2023

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Regulators have been keeping an increasingly close watch on hospice providers, and this may intensify in 2023. Moving into next year, hospices have a spectrum of crucial issues on their plates. Hospice will have a lot going on in the regulatory space next year. What are your expectations going into 2023?

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

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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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Fallout of 2023 Home Health Payment Rule Likely to Affect Hospices

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While home health operators brace for the impact of the meager 2023 reimbursement rates, hospices likewise must prepare for a ripple effect. base rate payment increase for home health care in 2023. In addition, the 2023 increase is only a temporary abatement.

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M&A Volume May Shift From Hospice to Home Health

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

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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, Home Health Providers ‘Squeezing Turnips’ Competing for Clinical Staff

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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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