At-Home Care Executives Bullish On Payer, Growth Strategies Heading Into Q2

For the last few weeks, we’ve been busy covering the earnings calls of at-home care companies, which have revealed some key trends that providers are facing as they head into Q2. Specifically, Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB), The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG), BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG), Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. […]

Judge Rejects VitalCaring’s Bid For Reargument in Encompass Case

A federal judge in Delaware has denied VitalCaring’s request to reconsider a ruling requiring that 43% of the company’s future profits be placed in trust for the benefit of Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) and Enhabit (NYSE: EHAB). The case dates back to 2022, when Encompass Health spun off its home health and hospice business, creating […]

Enhabit Relies On Regional Contracts For More Favorable Rates

As an organization, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) didn’t always have the strongest rates from payers. Enhabit’s strategy of zeroing-in on regional payer contracts has helped drive the company forward. Earlier this week, Enhabit CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer shed some light on the company’s strategy at the Home Care 100 conference which took place in Florida. “The […]

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 […]

Home-Based Care Providers Scramble To Find The ‘Right’ Health Plan, Health System Partners

Home-based care providers hungry for value-based care arrangements have recently been disillusioned by the process of trying to find those arrangements. While they’ve been told value-based care is the way to go, they often end up finding that health systems and payers aren’t as willing to meet them in the middle. Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) […]

[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 […]

Enhabit To Shutter Handful Of Home Health Locations, ‘Close’ To New Deal With UnitedHealthcare

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has a new CFO and a somewhat new strategy. It still faces a lot of the same problems. On Thursday, CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer said the company would be closing or consolidating certain locations that are underperforming, specifically when it comes to traditional Medicare business in home health care. While its payer […]

‘Congress Must Intervene’: Home Health Leaders React To Third Consecutive Year Of Payment Cuts

Last week, the wait for the CY 2025 home health final payment rule finally came to end. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a rule that included a 0.5% increase to 2025 home health payments, updates to the Conditions of Participation, as well as changes to Low-Utilization Payment Adjustments […]

How Enhabit, Bayada Win Home Health Value-Based Care Arrangements

As more home health providers participate in value-based care arrangements, leaders are learning what works, and what falls flat. Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has been active in the value-based care space. The company has a small – but growing – number of value-based contracts on the Medicare Advantage (MA) side, as well as Accountable Care […]

Enhabit CEO Explains The Decision To Walk Away From UnitedHealthcare

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) revealed last month that it had submitted a termination notice to UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) UnitedHealthcare. Now, members of Enhabit’s leadership team are divulging more details about how the company, ultimately, came to this strategic decision.  “It’s important to remember that the reason we created are payer innovation strategy, about two […]