VitalCaring Deal Reportedly Suspended As UnitedHealth, Amedisys Seek Path Forward

Amedisys’ (Nasdaq: AMED) planned divestiture of more than 100 home health and hospice locations to VitalCaring has reportedly been halted following a federal court ruling that requires Texas-based VitalCaring to allocate a significant portion of its future profits to Encompass Health and Enhabit. Amedisys in June announced an agreement to sell some of its locations […]

[UPDATED] Court Orders VitalCaring to Share 43% of Profits With Encompass Health, Enhabit

A federal judge in Delaware has ordered home health and hospice provider VitalCaring and its private equity backers to share future profits with Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) and Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB). The court ordered that 43% of VitalCaring’s future profits be placed in trust to benefit Encompass and Enhabit. The remaining 57% would go […]

The Most Game-Changing Home-Based Care Blockbusters Of The Last Decade

Thanks to impactful, large-scale transactions over the last decade, the collective face of home-based care has changed forever. Traditional providers in both home health care and personal home care have merged. Payers became involved in the home-based care space like never before. Of late, retailers have too. But it’s often easy to forget how the […]

Enhabit Announces Intent to Launch Strategic Alternatives Process

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB), one of the largest freestanding home health and hospice companies in the market, intends to launch a strategic review process that could ultimately end in another industry-shaping transaction. The Dallas-based Enhabit announced Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings results that it is getting ready to explore all options for the future of […]

8 Quotes That Tell The Story Of Home-Based Care In 2022 — And Beyond

The quotes that cracked this Home Health Care News list were not only memorable, frank and informative, but they also paint a complete picture of the home-based care landscape in 2022. The words from the industry leaders highlighted here weigh in on everything from tensions with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to staffing shortages kneecapping industry […]

Enhabit Home Health & Hospice Finally on the Brink of Fruition

The vision of Enhabit Home Health & Hospice – the soon-to-be standalone company after a spinoff from Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC) – is becoming clearer by the day. Over the past two weeks, Encompass Health has given the public a look-in at its organized thoughts regarding Enhabit, which has been a long time coming […]