The M&A Balancing Act: The Risks Of Lightning-Fast Home Care Growth And How Operators Can Avoid Overwhelming Their Business

Home care providers looking to grow need to follow meticulous planning and have realistic goals. Failure to follow that guidance could mean serious operational challenges down the road. During the public health emergency, when more attention was being paid to alternative settings for long-term care, the home care industry saw record-breaking volume and valuations. Seeing […]

Transactions: Aveanna Completes Comfort Care Purchase; Interim Announces Third Acquisition of 2021

Aveanna closes $345 million Comfort Care deal Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) has completed its acquisition of Comfort Care, an adult home health and hospice company with operations in Alabama and Tennessee. The $345 million deal included $55 million in estimated net tax benefits. Comfort Care is expected to be fully integrated into Aveanna […]

Home Care Companies to Watch in the Final Months of 2021

Non-medical home care was on the rise prior to 2020, as Medicare Advantage plans and health systems began investing more heavily around social determinants of health and activities of daily living. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has arguably made home care the hottest corner of the senior care world. There are dozens of home care companies […]

Transactions: ModivCare to Buy VRI for $315M; Nova Leap Completes Home Care Deal

ModivCare expands into remote patient monitoring ModivCare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV), a diversified health care services company with a large personal care business, has signed an agreement to acquire VRI Intermediate Holdings LLC, a provider of remote patient monitoring solutions. Under terms of the agreement, the Denver-based ModivCare will acquire 100% of VRI for a purchase […]

The Pennant Group Acquires Arizona Home Health Provider; Caring People Lands Multiple Home Care Companies

Pennant kicks off 2021 M&A activity The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) has kicked off its 2021 M&A push. The Eagle, Idaho-based post-acute care provider announced Tuesday it has acquired Sacred Heart Home Health Care, which provides home health services in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. The acquisition was effective Jan. 16, 2021. “This strategic, off-market […]

Nova Leap Completes Keystone Acquisition; Active Day Expands in Ohio

Nova Leap finalizes Massachusetts deal Nova Leap (TSXV: NLH) — the rapidly growing home-based care company out of Halifax, Nova Scotia — has completed yet another U.S. acquisition. On Monday, the company announced it has finalized its purchase of Keystone Homecare LLC, located in Stow, Massachusetts. The deal was previously announced on Sept. 25. “We […]

Nova Leap Completes Latest Acquisition; Marquis Home Care Eyes Expansion

Nova Leap finalizes Oklahoma deal Nova Leap Health Corp (TSXV: NLH) — the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based home health care services company that has grown rapidly over the past few years — has finalized yet another acquisition. Earlier this month, Nova Leap announced it completed its acquisition of the business assets of Around The Clock Home […]

Nova Leap CEO: We Want to Dominate In-Home Dementia Care in North America

With eight acquisitions completed since the start of 2017 in the U.S. and Canada, Nova Leap Health Corp. (TSXV: NLH) is one of the fastest growing home care companies in North America. Headquartered in Halifax — the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia — Nova Leap touted its latest acquisition target on Tuesday. […]