From the American Rescue Plan Act to the Biden administration’s budget plans for the future, the U.S. government has placed an emphasis on investing in Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS). Those efforts have helped providers that care for older adults, but they’ve also aided pediatric home health organizations. The issues that plague the senior […]
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Staffing is almost ubiquitously considered the toughest challenge in both home health and home care. A parallel issue that is often considered far less, however, is turnover among executives at the companies that make up the space. It’s not completely clear whether the trend came to fruition due to COVID-19 itself, or whether it was […]
The home health market is made up of about 9,900 agencies, with businesses ranging in size, service mix and structure. The publicly traded home health companies, in particular, offer a snapshot of the industry in the present – and often a sneak peek at what’s to come. While the names of the publicly traded home […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) believes it can deliver home health services better than traditional providers do today. More than any other reason, that’s fundamentally why it’s accelerating its in-home care strategy by acquiring 100% of home health giant Kindred at Home for a “bargain” purchase price of $5.7 billion — the company’s largest acquisition ever. […]
In late February, HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Brookdale Senior Living’s (NYSE: BKD) home health and hospice business. A for-profit operator of health care facilities like HCA wanting to ride home health tailwinds isn’t surprising. But HCA is a completely new — […]
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