BrightSpring Closes Multiple Deals, Including A Home-Based Care Acquisition

Two months after it was first listed on the public market, BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) has closed on multiple acquisitions. The company announced Tuesday that it has acquired a Maryland-based home health operation, the remaining equity interest in a behavioral therapy JV in Michigan and a long-term care pharmacy in Montana. For one, the […]

Best Life Brands Latest Acquisition Bolsters Home Care Referral Opportunities

The franchise company Best Life Brands – which is the owner of ComForCare and Boost Home Healthcare – has added another home-focused company to its portfolio.. Announced Monday, the Troy, Michigan-based company has acquired Next Day Access, which is a provider of residential and commercial home access solutions in the U.S. and Canada. Now, Best […]

Home Care Unionization Efforts Beginning To Tick Back Up

The home care workforce has traditionally been a tough one to organize. But efforts have ramped up over recent years, leading to more workers opting into unions across the country. Recently, University of Rochester Medicine Home Care (URMHC) workers “overwhelmingly” chose to join a labor union. They aligned themselves with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, […]

Deal Or No Deal: The Futures Of 3 Home-Based Care Companies

Most buyers in home health and personal care are signaling they’ll be more active in the M&A market this year. That’s according to a new Mertz Taggart report, which included responses from over 50 potential home-based care buyers. Nearly 80% said they planned to be more acquisitive in 2024 compared to 2023. But some of […]

Waud Capital Acquires Home Care Franchise Senior Helpers

The private equity firm Waud Capital has acquired the home care franchise Senior Helpers. Advocate Aurora Health acquired Senior Helpers in 2021, with the idea that the health system would “own the full continuum.” A year and a half later, however, Advocate Aurora merged with Atrium Health, forming one of the largest health systems in […]

DOJ Reportedly Considering Lawsuit To Block Optum-Amedisys Deal

UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE:UNH) planned acquisition of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq:AMED) is catching further scrutiny. Late Wednesday, a report suggesting that the Department of Justice is considering a lawsuit to block Optum’s takeover of Amedisys surfaced. The deal was first agreed to in June of last year. The news comes just a few weeks after the DOJ […]

CMS’ ACO Primary Care Flex Model Could Offer Home-Based Care Providers Risk-Based Opportunity

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary model Tuesday – centered around primary care providers – that could offer home-based care providers more opportunity to dive into risk-based care. Dubbed the ACO Primary Care Flex Model (ACO PC Flex Model), it will provide one-time advanced shared savings payments and monthly […]

CenterWell President Sanjay Shetty: ‘It’s Time To Give Home Health Its Due’

CenterWell President Dr. Sanjay Shetty knows home health care is an extremely valuable service. Unlike many other leaders, he’s in the position to prove it. For close to a year now, Shetty has led Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) health care services division, which includes CenterWell Home Health, CenterWell Primary Care and CenterWell Pharmacy. Previously, he was […]