Encompass Health to Acquire Alacare Home Health & Hospice for $217.5 Million

Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC) announced Monday that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire “substantially all of the assets” of Birmingham, Alabama-based Alacare Home Health & Hospice. Under terms of the deal, Encompass Health will pay $217.5 million for the privately-owned company, SEC filings show. The more than $200 million price tag for […]

Brookdale Shareholder Puts Forward Plan to Split Up Company

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) should split into two entities, activist investor Land & Buildings said in an open letter released Monday. Under the proposal, Brookdale would create a real estate investment trust (REIT) for its owned properties and a separate public company for its management business, including its ancillary services division that includes home health. […]