Home Health M&A Activity Surges ‘Exponentially’

Home health agencies face a challenging Medicare reimbursement environment, but that has not slowed down merger and acquisition activity. Transactions in fact have increased significantly after a sluggish start to the year, and the high volume is expected to continue in 2016, industry professionals said during a recent webinar. “Several years ago, we predicted that home […]

Home Health M&A Activity Slumps, But Forecast Stays Positive

Home health and hospice mergers and acquisitions dramatically slowed during the second quarter of 2015, but the big picture remains positive for industry growth despite the dip in dealmaking, according to newly released figures. Five publicly announced home health and hospice M&A deals occurred during this year’s second quarter, according to The Health Care M&A […]

Mega Million Dollar Deals Color M&A Home Health Activity

Fifty-three home health and hospice transactions have taken place year-to-date, and even greater merger and acquisition activity is on the horizon, says Irving Levin Associates in its recent report that shows M&A activity from 2009 through 2014. Recently, after a long bid war, Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) and Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV) agreed to merge […]

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 […]