Encompass Home Health and Hospice and HealthSouth (NYSE: HLS)—soon to be known as Encompass Health—plowed through recent regulatory challenges and is looking to add more hospice deals in its future. Home Health Care News recently caught up with Cliff Blessing, senior vice president of development at Encompass, to find out more about the organization’s M&A strategy […]
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In the wake of the final 2018 payment rule for home health being released, public companies have seen their stocks skyrocket. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its prospective payment system (PPS) 2018 update final rule on Wednesday without the inclusion of the home health groupings model (HHGM)—a proposed model that would […]
As home health care deals have cooled off in the wake of the home health groupings model (HHGM) proposal, at least one major provider is continuing to meet its acquisitions goals—albeit, cautiously. That was one message from the third quarter earnings call with investors with HealthSouth (NYSE: HLS), soon to be known as Encompass Health. […]
Love them or hate them, millennials are the new workforce. And in an industry desperate for more workers to fill a caregiver shortage, home health care companies should be embracing ways to recruit and retain members of this generation — those born between around 1980 and 2000. One major home health care player, Encompass Home […]