Encompass Health, Saint Alphonsus announce joint venture Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) and Saint Alphonsus Health System are forming a new joint venture in Idaho. The transaction closed on Jan. 1. The new JV includes Saint Alphonsus home health and hospice locations in Boise, Idaho. It also includes the Encompass Health home health and hospice […]
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Walmart’s latest health care hire Walmart has reportedly snagged Dr. David Carmouche from Louisiana-based Ochsner Health to lead its expansion into retail health care. Walmart officially kicked off its health care strategy in 2019 when it opened its first 10,000-square-foot health center in Dallas, Georgia. That initial location even included an on-site connection to home […]
Since entering the home-based care space in 2016, Jet Health has mounted its business on an aggressive growth strategy. The company’s aim is to deliver a fully comprehensive post-acute model that eliminates gaps in care. “Jet Health was really founded based on the thesis of rolling up smaller home health and hospice companies into more […]
With its latest purchase of San Antonio, Texas-based Signal Home Health & Hospice, Jet Health continues its strategy of co-locating hospice operations with its home health offerings. That has become a calling card for the company, similar to several other home-based care providers. Jet Health announced the Signal deal on Monday without disclosing any financial […]
Looking ahead to the last full week of July, large-scale health care reform still looms large as a developing story. After support for its Affordable Care Act repeal-and-replace bill cratered last week, the Senate this week may take a vote on a revised measure—but major questions still remain as to whether it has the votes […]