Amid reimbursement uncertainty in Medicare-certified home health, investors are slowly shifting focus to other home-based care types. This shift, while not a radical departure, is something stakeholders are keeping an eye on heading into 2024. “I think we’re already seeing a little bit of that,” Rebecca Springer, lead health care analyst at PitchBook, told Home […]
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that — for the first time ever — it was releasing ownership data for all Medicare-certified home health and hospice agencies. This move makes it possible for anyone to review information on the ownership of agencies participating in the Medicare program. This includes […]
In the middle of April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced ownership data for all Medicare-certified home health and hospice agencies would be made publicly available. Department officials described the move as an attempt to promote competition in the industry and protect consumers. But the changes could also have an effect […]
The home health care workforce shortage is restricting PE dealmaking, experts suggest. That’s especially been the case over the last year and a half, as micro and macro economic headwinds have also affected both agencies and PE firms. “When you think about it, it takes the margin on a business that was already feeling some […]
Rising staffing costs and unfavorable reimbursement dynamics in the home-based care space have created a seller-buyer pricing misalignment that has had ill effects on mergers and acquisitions. After a record-breaking 2021 for M&A in home-based care, the space has seen a sharp decline in deal activity. Although many experts are mostly optimistic about the long-term […]
With the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new proposed payment rule, buyers and sellers in the home health industry will be proceeding with caution. Home health insiders told Home Health Care News that while the proposed rule is sure to create some pause in overall activity, it shouldn’t be […]
Following a record-breaking year for home care, home health and hospice M&A, deal volume took a dive in the first quarter of 2022. In fact, it was record-breaking on the opposite side of the spectrum. Despite the low figures, M&A experts are still optimistic that the number of deals will rebound. A total of 26 […]
Help at Home — a provider of home- and community-based services (HCBS) — is considering going public. The Chicago-based company has even selected banks to help it prepare for an IPO later this year, Bloomberg News reported. More providers are considering public exits thanks to an increasing demand for home-based care, promising outlooks for public […]
Members of Congress took aim at private equity’s expanded role in the U.S. health care system on Thursday, addressing the topic during a special hearing held by the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight. Much of the hearing focused on PE’s increasingly prominent role in nursing homes, as the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered heated […]
M&A activity across home health, hospice and in-home care appeared to be “business as usual” at the start of 2020. COVID-19 froze the market in March, however, causing both buyers and sellers to bide their time. But dealmaking action is finally starting to heat up again, multiple M&A experts confirmed to Home Health Care News. […]
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