News in Brief: LHC Group, Kindred

Welcome back from another summertime weekend, Home Health Care News readers. To kick off your week, take a moment to catch up on the most recent news with our Monday Briefing. Last week, we tuned into presentations at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference, and heard the CEO of LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG) say the company has […]

Kindred Healthcare Rumored to be ‘Receiving Takeover Interest’

Late last year, Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) announced its intention to completely exit the skilled nursing sector and place its bets on the home health and hospice business. Now, the Louisville, Kentucky-based post-acute care services provider is reportedly receiving takeover interest. The one-time skilled nursing giant is in “late-stage” discussions with several potential buyers for […]

Kindred CEO’s Compensation Jumped Nearly 30%

Sky-high executive compensation is back in the limelight after Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) revealed its CEO Benjamin Breier’s salary jumped nearly 30% in 2016 while other executives in the company saw their compensation fall. CEO Benjamin Breier, whose compensation is made up of a base salary, short-term incentive plan, long-term incentive plan and equity, saw […]

Monday Briefing: Trump Aims to Slash Agency Budgets

To get your week started off right, catch up with our Monday briefing. This week, we’ll clue you into President Trump’s budget proposal and the confirmation of Seema Verma as the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Keep reading to get a recap on our most popular stories from last […]

Tenet Acquisition Links Amedisys with Big Hospital Player

One of the nation’s largest home health care providers has moved on from a sometimes tough 2016 and is taking steps to expand through an acquisition of a major hospital company’s home health and hospice facilities. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) signed a definitive agreement to acquire six home health and hospice care centers from Tenet […]

Trump Order Pauses CMS Bundles

President Trump’s recent executive order freezing new regulations has pushed back the implementation of new and expanded bundled payment models by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by 60 days. A final rule issued in December by CMS creates mandatory bundled payment programs for cardiac conditions, and expands an existing bundled payment program for joint replacement episodes […]

Kindred Forms Post-Acute Partnership with Genesis

The nation’s largest home health care provider is forging a “strategic clinical collaboration” with another major post-acute provider, through which they intend to offer complementary, coordinated services. The relationship between Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN) and Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) is the first of its kind in the post-acute space, Genesis CEO George V. Hager said in […]

Home Health Crystal Ball: Executives Predict the Future of 2017

Across the country, executives are trying to get a grip on what 2017 will bring for home health and home care. Despite great uncertainty surrounding an extensive transition of power at virtually all government levels, there are some signs and predictions executives are betting on. From the potential for a rollback in regulations to the […]

Editor’s Picks: President-elect Donald Trump

America cast their votes on November 8 and decided that Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. While the news was shocking, it wasn’t the only hard-hitting story we brought readers. While much of the industry wondered how a Trump presidency could impact home health care, the nation’s largest home health care […]