This week, Home Health Care News readers discovered one agency’s partnership with Uber and how it’s improving transportation when seniors leave hospitals to go back home. Our readers also tuned in again to the top-10 largest home health providers, while learning more about a bill aimed at increasing home health options. Here in the newsroom, […]
Here in Chicago this week, the Cubbies had us down in the dumps when they missed out on their chance to make it to the World Series, but we stayed strong to keep you up to date on the top-10 largest home health providers. Our readers also explored the latest departures in the Centers for […]
Providers across the spectrum are tapping into the home health market to expand their services across multiple facets of care, as evidenced by LexisNexis’ 2015 rankings of the leading home health agencies in the United States. Released Wednesday, the LexisNexis 2015 Top 100 Home Health and Hospice Agencies Rankings is a report that ranks Medicare-certified home health providers by national […]
The raw data suggests that home health merger and acquisition activity has been largely consistent for nearly a decade, with deal volume holding relatively steady from year to year. But a closer analysis reveals that the M&A playing field looks different today than in the recent past, with senior living and long-term care providers being […]
Kindred Healthcare last week announced strong earnings from its home health operations, and leaders at the large post-acute provider championed home health as a vitally important part of the evolving U.S. health care system. The Kindred at Home division posted 31% revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared with the same period a […]
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. on Tuesday finalized its acquisition of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., completing a $1.8 billion acquisition marked by hostile moves and countermoves. The addition of Gentiva makes Kindred the largest home health and hospice operator in the country, as well as one of the largest post-acute providers, according to the company. With an […]
Given the $1.8 billion merger of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) and Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV), it’s no surprise health care M&A activity broke records in 2014. The home health and hospice sectors, alone, saw a 27% increase in deals — from 15 in the third quarter to 19 in the fourth quarter […]
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) is nearing the completion of its $1.8 billion merger with Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV). Gentiva recently announced the company’s stockholders have approved all necessary proposals for the merger with Kindred, which is expected to be complete Feb. 2, 2015. Kindred and Gentiva entered into a definitive agreement Oct. 9, 2014, […]
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND), the nation’s largest provider of integrated post-acute care and rehabilitation, recently announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Centerre Healthcare Corporation for approximately $195 million in cash. Centerre currently operates 11 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals with 612 beds in partnership with some of the nation’s leading acute care hospital […]
After a summer-long bid war and months of subsequent hush-hush, it finally happened: Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) and Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV) have agreed to merge in a deal valued at $1.8 billion that will create a national powerhouse in the home health and post-acute care sector. WIth the agreement reached Thursday, […]
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