At 79 deals and counting through November, home health and hospice mergers-and-acquisitions activity for 2019 is poised to exceed the previous year. That’s according to newly released data from Norwalk, Connecticut-based Irving Levin Associates. Founded in 1948, the firm provides market intelligence to health care professionals and senior care providers. Overall, 2018 saw 85 total […]
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If there’s one thing home health care providers can agree on when it comes to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), it’s that the new model is shrouded in uncertainty. Despite attempting to predict expected reimbursement changes and adapting operations accordingly, agencies won’t know exactly how PDGM will affect them until well after its Jan. 1 […]
As the health care industry continues to move toward value-based payment, at-home care providers have more opportunity to shine than ever before — with players across the continuum taking notice. Leveraging unique data and capitalizing on differentiators are key to catching the attention of potential partners, experts say. In 2018, mergers and acquisitions within the […]
Despite a recent uptick in M&A activity within the hospice space, many industry leaders still see private duty home care and medical home health care as the greatest growth areas for the in-home care industry in 2019. Meanwhile, the year ahead will also be filled with new technology adaptation, driven by payment model changes and […]
The home health and hospice industries are expected to see significantly more mergers and acquisitions in 2019 than in years past. The growing popularity of lower-cost, value-based care and other factors are largely to thank. That’s according to Norwalk, Connecticut-based market intelligence firm Irving Levin & Associates, which collects and studies M&A data. The boom […]
With more than 20 deals total, home health and hospice merger-and-acquisition activity held steady in the third quarter of 2018. This quarter’s M&A action marks the third-consecutive quarter with more than 20 acquisitions, according to newly released data from Norwalk, Connecticut-based market intelligence firm Irving Levin & Associates. So far, 2018 has seen a “much […]
Only nine publicly announced home health deals occurred in the second quarter of 2017, according to research conducted by Norwalk, Connecticut-based Irving Levin Associates. This performance signified a 40% drop in activity when compared to the total publicly announced mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of the year (15), as well as a back-to-back decline in […]
Despite a rising interest in the home care space from outside financing groups, mergers and acquisition activity slowed during the first three months of the year. In the first quarter of 2017, there were just 13 publicly announced home health and hospice acquisitions, according to recent data from Irving Levin and Associates. M&A remained flat […]
Last year was a busy one for a variety of sectors in the health care services industry—and the home health and hospice sector was no exception. In fact, home health and hospice deal activity rose 12% year-over-year in 2016, according to the 23rd edition of Irving Levin Associates’ Health Care Services Acquisition Report, published Tuesday. Deal […]
The home health care industry continued its streak of mergers and acquisition activity in the second quarter of the year, as the number of deals doubled during the quarter compared to the same time period in 2015, according to a recent report. During the second quarter, there were 12 home health and hospice care deals in […]