Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) is expected to merge with Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH) in the back half of 2023. The deal, which valued the former at $3.6 billion, was announced at the beginning of May. The shareholders of each company still have to approve the deal. In the meantime, the two companies released a […]
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Staffing shortages are the No. 1 industry headwind that home-based care providers are facing. At the same time, ubiquity of this issue has created an environment where the most innovative providers have been able to rise to occasion, cultivating staffing strategies that have allowed them to lessen the impact of the persistent pain point. “There’s […]
While some of the other subsectors already have more clarity on what their CY2024 may look like, home health operators are still operating in the dark. The home health proposed payment rule is still likely a month away, and the final rule likely more than four months out. It seems most are expecting the worse […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH) announced Wednesday that they would be merging in a deal that valued the former at $3.6 billion. There are many reasons why this deal makes strategic sense. The overlap in home-based services makes sense. The combined company will now be able to deliver home health […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH) announced Wednesday that the pair have entered into a definitive agreement to combine. Amedisys is one of the largest independent providers of home health services in the country, along with several other home-focused services. Option Care Health, meanwhile, is one of the largest providers of […]
Nearly 100,000 registered nurses left the field during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Worse yet, the analysis suggested that nearly 800,000 more nurses could leave the field by 2027. For home health providers already short on staffing, that could mean significant headwinds […]
Travis Messina, co-founder of Contessa Health, is no longer the CEO of the company, he announced on his LinkedIn. He had served in the role for eight years. Contessa Health is one of the foremost at-home, high-acuity care enablers in the country. In 2021, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) acquired the company for $250 million. Since […]
When Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) participated in the connectRN’s $76 million funding round at the end of 2021, it was because it believed in what the company was doing. But, more broadly, it was a reaction to the contemporary staffing situation in home health care. The connectRN platform was originally built to find nurses and […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has a new CEO. During the transition of power, we are likely to find out a lot about what the company’s future looks like. As one of the largest, independent aging-in-place providers in the country, Amedisys’ next moves will send ripple effects throughout the home health and hospice space. And, by […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow hit it off right away with Richard Ashworth, the man who will be taking over the CEO role from him in April. That was – at least in part – a reason why Amedisys was able to deliver on what Kusserow called a surprisingly “quick” hiring […]
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