Amedisys Expands Private Duty Footprint With $4.4 Million Acquisition

One of the nation’s largest home health care and hospice companies is expanding its private duty footprint with a $4.4 million deal announced Monday. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Professional Profiles, Inc., a personal care company headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, the […]

Home Health Deals Double Year Over Year

The home health care industry continued its streak of mergers and acquisition activity in the second quarter of the year, as the number of deals doubled during the quarter compared to the same time period in 2015, according to a recent report. During the second quarter, there were 12 home health and hospice care deals in […]

Kindred’s Arkansas Deal Met with Backlash, Skepticism

It has been almost one month since Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) entered into a $39 million agreement to acquire the in-home health care operations from the Arkansas Department of Health, and the dust has far from settled. The deal between the state and the nation’s largest home health care provider has been met with skepticism […]

Bayada to Transfer Ownership to New Foundation, Forgoing Sale

One of the top ten largest U.S. home health companies is giving away its business to a newly created charity organization in what might be the first succession plan of its kind for the home health care industry. Founder and President of Pennsylvania-based Bayada Home Health Care, J. Mark Baiada, has decided his “Lasting Legacy Plan” […]

Home Health M&A Picks Up, Other Sectors Lose Steam

Bucking an overall slowdown in health care mergers and acquisitions, the number of home health and hospice transactions increased in the first quarter of 2016. There were 12 transactions in the home health and hospice sector in the last quarter of 2015, and that increased by 50% to 18 deals in the first quarter of […]

Home Health Transactions Tank in 2015

Despite record-breaking totals across health care sectors for merger and acquisition activity in 2015, the home health and hospice sector bucked the industry trend, falling 33% versus 2014 totals. Across several sectors within the health care industry tracked by research and publishing firm Irving Levin Associates, the industry saw record-breaking totals both in terms of […]

Home Health M&A Valuations Near Peak

There was a dramatic drop off in the number of home health deals completed in 2015 as compared to years past, but even with valuations at all-time highs, strategic buyers will continue to seek out acquisitions that add significant value to their portfolios in the year ahead. “Buyers will be looking for things that really […]

Webinar: Home Health Finance & Investment Outlook 2016

Last year saw home health M&A activity bounce back after a sluggish start, with strategic investors making plays to stay competitive in an evolving market. The climate appears to be getting hotter in 2016, with deal volume and valuations high and varied players at the table. Home Health Care News has gathered a panel of […]

Brightree Purchased by ResMed for $800 Million

ResMed (NYSE: RMD) announced on Monday a definitive agreement to acquire Brightree, a business management and clinical software applications company for the post-acute care industry, for $800 million. The acquisition could lead San Diego-based ResMed—a medical device company known for sleep-disordered breathing ad respiratory care—into the home health segment. To fund the acquisition, ResMed plans to […]

Competition Heats Up in Home Health M&A Market

Merger and acquisition activity within the home health sector surged in 2015, and industry professionals predict a robust year ahead, as well. Property valuations may be preventing some major players from completing desired deals, though, and word is that pricing has yet to reach a peak. Months after one of the nation’s largest home health and […]