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

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As Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) sinks teeth into acquisitions, the company will be taking smaller bites when it comes to hospice deals. Addus has indicated for roughly the last year that it will orient its M&A strategy towards its home health and personal care services, with hospice becoming less of a priority.

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Aveanna CEO: Higher Wages Key to Bringing Clinicians Back

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For its hospice and home segment specifically, the company has integrated the Homecare Homebase electronic health record system, designed to streamline documentation processes, which in turn can support improved regulatory compliance. . “We We do believe that Homecare Homebase will help us drive efficiencies as we go.

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Addus Orients M&A Strategy Away From Hospice, Towards Home Health, Personal Care

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Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) is shifting its M&A strategy away from hospice deals to focus on its home health and personal care businesses. Texas-based Addus provides personal, home health and hospice care across 207 locations in 22 states, reaching roughly 46,500 patients annually.

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Addus Acquires Apple Home Healthcare

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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. The previous year Addus bought Chicago-based Summit Home Health for an undisclosed amount.

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

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This has relieved some of the anxiety around home health investments going forward. Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) is among the companies reorienting its M&A strategy away from hospice deals and into home health. “We reduction would have made a significant dent in home health operators’ bottom lines.

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How April Anthony, Investors Built New Home Health and Hospice Company VitalCaring

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In 1999, she also established and led the health care tech firm Homecare Homebase. She went on to found Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice business as its CEO. Physician-based services that complement what we do in home health and hospice is an area for future opportunity.

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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. Buyers began regaining their appetites for home health assets as the dust began to settle around PDGM.

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