Home Health Audits Expected to Spike in PDGM Aftermath

Home health providers from coast to coast are scrambling to prepare their operations ahead of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) — but what comes after the new model’s implementation could cause agencies an even bigger headache. In the months after PDGM goes into effect, home health audits — much like bankruptcies — are expected to […]

[CORRECTED] PE Firm Alpine Investors Adds Advantage In-Home Services to its Portfolio

Advantage In-Home Services, a provider of personal home care, has been acquired by Alpine Investors* and will partner with Alpine’s portfolio company TEAM Public Choices. The deal should help TEAM expand geographically and service-wise, and will yield liquidity to Advantage’s founder, who is retiring. Financial terms were not disclosed. Prior to this transaction, Advantage In-Home […]

Business Briefs: Optima Acquires Hospicesoft

Optima Healthcare Solutions Acquires Hospicesoft Optima Healthcare Solutions, a provider of cloud-based software for post-acute care providers, has acquired Hospicesoft, a supplier of cloud-based software for hospices. Palm City, Florida-based Optima is a portfolio company of Alpine Investors V, LP and affiliated funds. Hospicesoft offers a complete EMR and billing solution that eliminates the need […]