Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ohio-based Queen City Hospice, an Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS) company, recently opened a new location in its home state. The new location in Fayetteville, Ohio, adds a central office in a rural region of the hospice’s service area that will reduce staff travel time. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Addus HomeCare Corp. NASDAQ: ADUS) saw hospice growth in 2023, despite lingering pandemic-related challenges around daily census. The company anticipates growth in its personal care business in 2024, which will have a reverberating impact in its hospice and home health service lines.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

Hospices are increasingly eying palliative care as a promising growth opportunity, prioritizing expansion in that field over other health care service lines. Survey respondents included nearly 330 hospice and palliative care industry professionals, including owners, executive leaders and managers, among others.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Thus far in 2023, hospice merger and acquisition activity has deviated from prior years. The last five years saw record-breaking multiples in the hospice space and private equity-backed platform deals were among the most common types of transactions. A number of trends have shifted. billion , which closed at the end of 2022. “The

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

High valuations have led Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ: ADUS) to pivot towards personal care and home health deals rather than hospice acquisitions. Hospice multiples broke records in 2020, 2021 and 2022, reaching as high as 29x. Hospice is still very expensive. Addus began as a personal care provider in 1979.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Hospices are beginning to leverage technologies used to identify eligible patients in need to recruit and retain staff amid ongoing workforce shortages. Hospices are now applying those tools to help relieve industry-wide labor pressures. Hospices are now applying those tools to help relieve industry-wide labor pressures.

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Hospice News

MARCH 3, 2023

Gentiva’s recent $710 million acquisition of ProMedica’s hospice and home-based care assets bucks prevailing trends in today’s M&A market. NYSE: GS), a representative for Gentiva told Hospice News’ sister publication Skilled Nursing News. billion divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Two of the nation’s largest hospice and home-based care industry organizations are merging and have announced a combined board that will guide the transition. Recently, many of those efforts have included advocacy around program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Lloyd, president and CEO, Delaware Hospice, Inc.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corp. NASDAQ: ADUS) has reached an agreement to purchase the home health, hospice and private duty operator Tennessee Quality Care for $106 million. Tennessee Quality Care operates 17 locations serving an average of 1,800 patients daily throughout 50 of the 95 counties in its home state.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. 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. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. Since 2019, Addus has purchased seven personal care companies and four home health and hospice agencies.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corp. NASDAQ: ADUS) has completed the acquisition of the home health, hospice, and private-duty company Tennessee Quality Care for an undisclosed amount. All told, Addus provides hospice, home health and personal care to an estimated 47,500 patients annually across 203 locations in 22 states.

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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. The initially proposed 4.2%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That path will divert more toward home health and personal care – and less in the direction of hospice – as 2023 progresses. The company added to its clinical workforce with 80 new hires during the fourth quarter, with hospice hiring especially strong. Addus’ hospice census rose along with the company’s staffing volumes.

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Hospice News

MAY 11, 2022

Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ: ADUS) has gone all-in on building out its care continuum. Launched as a personal care provider, the company in 2016 began offering hospice and home health to enhance its value proposition for payers by further reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. “If

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Bolstered by recent acquisitions, Addus Homecare’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) hospice segment is holding its own against labor headwinds and inflation. For example, the company’s $85 million acquisition of Illinois-based hospice provider JourneyCare Inc., The hospice segment brought in $52.074 million, up from $36.9 About 2.5%

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Hospice News

APRIL 20, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) announced Wednesday that it has named a new EVP and chief development officer in Cliff Blessing, who had previously served as the EVP of corporate development for Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice business.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2022

Acquisitions will be crucial to Addus HomeCare Corp.’s In February Addus completed its $85 million acquisition of Illinous-based hospice provider JourneyCare Inc., The company last year acquired Armada Hospice of New Mexico and Armada Hospice of Santa Fe for $29 million. The hospice segment brought in $47.7

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

2023 Leader in Training Award Winners 4 U Home Health Care 6EMS, LLC A 1 Home Health Care LLC A Better Care Option A Caring Touch Home Health & Hospice A Heavenly Hand Home Healthcare, Inc. Avila Home Care Bay Nursing, Inc. Utilize HCP Training for at least 3 months.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your client experience surveys. This annual award is based on the results of your client experience surveys.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your caregiver experience surveys. This annual award is based on the results of your caregiver experience surveys.

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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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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. These trends in value-based care have even influenced the M&A market.

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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. This was Humana Inc.’s

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Five hospice providers made Inc. They include Texas-headquartered Traditions Health, Bridge Home Health & Hospice and Healthflex Home Health & Hospice, both in California. Philadelphia-based All-American Home Care and Innovative Homecare Solutions in Illinois also appeared on the list. span the nation.

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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. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc.’s

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JUNE 13, 2021

However, the realization that I only get one of these, a unique person and mother, is important. As the years passed and more personal care and attention were needed, my mother stated she did not want to live her final years outside of her home. She also did not want outsider care assistance.

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