There are multiple big-time, primary care deals on the horizon. And the names tied to those deals are behemoths in size and influence. They are also tied heavily to the home-based care space. This week, stocks were jumpy for Cano Health Inc. (NYSE: CANO) and 1Life Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq: ONEM), the parent company of One […]
The hospital-at-home movement has been a striking trend in the home-based care space over the last few years, but it hasn’t been driven by home-based care providers. Health systems and hospitals have been the ones benefiting from increased access to patients’ homes, sometimes partnering with home health or home care providers — and sometimes not. […]
For an industry already facing challenges due to staffing shortages, competitors poaching employees can be a devastating blow. Over the past few years, between the COVID-19 pandemic and an exacerbation of other factors that contribute to poaching, it has become a reality that more home health providers are facing. “We have seen poaching happen at […]
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) has completed its spinoff from Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC). The move is over a year and a half in the making, after Encompass Health first announced it was exploring “strategic alternatives” for its home health and hospice segment in December of 2020. “Today marks a new and […]
At the very beginning of this year, I wrote an HHCN+ Report on the home health public market and how it sets the pace for the rest of the industry. At the time, the public companies were all doing well, though things have certainly changed since then. Among my takeaways, I wrote about how larger […]
The relationships between Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and home health care agencies have not changed much over the last few years. They are often filled with bitterness and lack communication. What has changed is how vocal home health providers have been about the issue. Providers went from shying away from the topic, to discussing it […]
Since its spinoff from The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG), The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) has yet to unlock the upside of its home health and hospice businesses. That may soon change, according to both industry insiders and its current president and future CEO – Brent Guerisoli – who told Home Health Care News he […]
The personal care industry in the United States is full of wonder. Where its home health counterparts are generally built similarly, mostly tied to Medicare as a payer, the personal care market is full of companies with vastly different strategies. There are franchises, non-franchises, those that lean toward private-pay and those that lean toward government […]
With the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new proposed payment rule, buyers and sellers in the home health industry will be proceeding with caution. Home health insiders told Home Health Care News that while the proposed rule is sure to create some pause in overall activity, it shouldn’t be […]
The former U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, Seema Verma, did not paint a rosy outlook for the home health industry this week in Chicago. In fact, hardly any of what she said evoked optimism among operators in the crowd. In regards to the economy, she said it would be her guess […]
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