Home health services are touted as cost-saving for payers, and industry stakeholders often advise providers to share data demonstrating these savings with payers and policymakers. The cost-saving nature of home health may not always be evident, however. UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) reported that home health services have contributed to elevated medical cost trends when discussing […]
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Over the years, health insurers have increasingly purchased health care providers, creating monolithic “payvider” organizations. This consolidation has captured the home health industry’s careful attention, and several stories on this trend have been among the most-read on Home Health Care News in the last month. Some of those stories have reflected the ongoing growth of […]
Pennant closes UnitedHealth, Amedisys deal The Pennant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) closed on its acquisition of home health, hospice and personal care agencies divested as part of UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) acquisition of Amedisys on Wednesday. On Thursday, the company announced that it completed the deal, which included 54 locations in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, […]
Today, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Amedisys tied a bow on their merger. The deal – after being beleaguered by the DOJ’s attempt at blocking it – will serve as a watershed moment for the home health industry, which is becoming increasingly consolidated and dominated by the nation’s largest health care companies. In addition to […]
UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) acquisition of Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) closed on Thursday after a two-year-long process complicated by antitrust concerns. The news comes one week after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a proposed settlement to end its opposition to the merger. The settlement’s requirements included that the companies divest at least 164 home […]
Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PTNG) plans to create a “center of strength” in the Southeast by acquiring home health and hospice agencies divested by Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) and UnitedHealth Group (UHG) (NYSE: UNH). The acquisition, which will include between 38 and 50 agencies, will cost between $113 million and $147 million, according to the company’s second-quarter […]
On Thursday, Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Attorneys General of Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey and New York filed a proposed final judgment regarding the UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) planned acquisition of Amedisys. UnitedHealth and Amedisys agreed to the proposed final judgment, which, if approved, would resolve the DOJ’s […]
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) CEO Stephen Hemsley expressed optimism despite setbacks with the company’s health services arm and reaffirmed a commitment to reform following the company’s “mistakes” during the insurance giant’s second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday. The company also reasserted its plans to acquire Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED). Despite numerous challenges in the past year, the […]
As of 2025, over half of eligible beneficiaries are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, according to a new KFF report. As MA penetration has increased, home health providers have struggled to grow or even maintain their operations, and MA growth is expected to continue. Enrollment in MA plans influences federal spending because Medicare […]
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Humana (NYSE: HUM) are pushing to increase oversight and limit payments to insurers for in-home clinical assessments in Medicare Advantage (MA). On Friday, UnitedHealth called to increase MA oversight of in-home clinical visits and deploy annual audits focused on in-home clinical visits. Humana told congressional staffers that it supported limiting […]
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