CEOs: Home Health Must ‘Take Control’ To Get Paid Properly

Home health and other post-acute providers must work toward getting paid commensurately for the value that they are providing to the health care system, some of the most prominent leaders in the industry believe—including Benjamin Breier, CEO of Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND), the largest home health provider in the nation. Changes enacted under the Affordable […]

Home Health Market to Grow 8.9% Worldwide by 2020

The global home health market will expand rapidly in the next four years, according to newly released research that puts the industry’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) even higher than previous estimates. The market for health-related services, devices, and solutions will expand at a CAGR of 8.85% between 2016 and 2020, the report from Sandler […]

Why Kindred is Not Content Being No. 1 Home Health Provider

Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) currently is a behemoth in the post-acute sector, operating long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehab and skilled nursing centers—not to mention that it is the largest home health provider in the country. But in the future, being a health services provider may be less important than Kindred’s role as a manager of […]

Kindred Buys State’s Home Health Operations for $18 Million

The nation’s largest home health provider has attained an even greater scale. Kindred Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: KND) has acquired home health licenses to cover the whole state South Carolina, in a transaction totaling approximately $18 million. The agreement with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) took effect Jan. 1, Kindred announced […]

Home Health M&A Activity Steady Going Into 2016

After dipping to start the year, home health merger and acquisition activity bounced back in the second half of 2015—and dealmakers believe that activity will be robust in the year ahead. There were 12 publicly announced transactions in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the largest being the $63 million acquisition of Infinity Home Care […]

Kindred to Pay $125 Million Settlement in Therapy Overbilling Case

Kindred Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: KND) has agreed to a $125 million settlement with the United States Department of Justice over an investigation into a therapy services company it acquired in 2011. Kindred is the largest provider of post-acute services in the country, and following a 2014 acquisition, became the largest home health provider. RehabCare Group Inc., […]

Home Health M&A Surges as Major Providers Vie for Growth

Home health merger and acquisition activity was on the upswing in the third quarter of 2015, and it appears that post-acute care providers remain particularly avid to increase their in-home services. However, signs indicate that the largest home health companies are positioning themselves to drive M&A activity as well. With nine publicly announced transactions in […]

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 […]

Home Health Acquisition Prices Keep Climbing

The number of home health mergers and acquisitions dipped in the first quarter of 2015 compared to a year prior, but a trend of high deal values continued to hold strong. The first three months of this year saw 16 mergers and acquisitions of home health and hospice companies, compared with 19 in the first […]