Amedisys to Acquire Evolution Health, Jump-Starting Home Health M&A Engine

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has entered into an agreement to acquire Evolution Health, a Dallas-based provider of home health, hospice and infusion therapy services. The deal could mark a shift in Amedisys’ mindset, one that its executives said was coming. After remaining mostly quiet on the home health front of late – favoring hospice M&A […]

Business Briefs: AMN Acquires The First String Healthcare, PHI Names New Director of Federal Affairs

AMN Healthcare Acquires The First String Healthcare AMN Healthcare Services, a health care workforce solutions and staffing services company, announced Sept. 15 that it completed its acquisition of The First String Healthcare, a provider of interim staffing and permanent placement of nurse leaders and executives. The acquisition involves cash payments of $6.5 million and an earn-out […]