Home Health Medicare Reductions Cut Gentiva’s Q4 Revenues by 5%

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV) saw its net income attributable to shareholders nearly double to $8.6 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012 compared to the year before.  Fourth quarter net revenues of $425 million were down 5% compared to the same period in 2011, which Gentiva […]

Gentiva, Amedisys Among Top Home Health Providers in 2012

The 2012 HomeCare Elite list was announced last week, ranking the top 100 and top 500 home health agencies in the nation. Gentiva Health Services, Amedisys Home Health, and Maxim Healthcare Services topped the list this year.  Using publicly available data from Home Health Compare and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), OCS […]

Home Health Deals in 2012 on Pace To Top Previous Year

The market for home health care and hospice providers is heating up from a mergers and acquisitions standpoint, counting “unusually large” deals among the most recent transactions in the space.  Mergers and acquisitions topped $1.4 billion total in 2010, marking it a record year due in large part to two milestone transactions, says a report […]

Gentiva Acquires Washington-Based Home Care Agency

National home health provider Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV), announced today its acquisition of Washington-based home health and hospice agency, Family Home Care Corporation (FHC). FHC was founded in 1966 and is based in Spokane, Wash. The company serves the Washington and Idaho home care markets and employs more than 400 in-home aides, nurses […]