Home health, hospice M&A up 20 percent in second quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Home health and hospice mergers and acquisition activity increased by 20% in the second quarter over the first quarter, but deals were down 14% compared with the second quarter of 2022, according to recently...
Pennant Group acquires home care, hospice companies in Idaho
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2023
Eagle, ID- based The Pennant Group has acquired Bluebird Home Health, Bluebird Hospice and Bluebird Home Care. The companies provide skilled home health, private duty and hospice services across Southwestern...
Nursing home, home health fast-growing health spending categories
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2023
Healthcare prices increased in April by 3.4% year over year despite slowing inflation, representing the fastest overall healthcare price growth since December 2007. That’s according to Altarum’s monthly...
FFS admissions grow 5.8% for skilled nursing, drop 8.6% for home health: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2023
Medicare fee-for-service admissions increased among skilled nursing facilities by 5.8% and decreased among home health providers year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report released...
Nursing home care costs rising fastest among private-payer healthcare services
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2023
Private-payer healthcare services price growth hit a new record high, with prices for nursing home care increasing at the fastest rate among healthcare categories, at 7%. That’s according to Altarum’s...
Business briefs, Nov. 3
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 03, 2022
LHC Group disappoints again in dismal Q3 … Home health final rule ‘is not a win,’ Enhabit CEO says … Montana governor praises work-based public school offerings, such as assisted living...
Tutera to outsource management of home health division
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2022
Kansas and Missouri-based Tutera Senior Living & Health Care’s home health division will be managed by Residential Home Health, a division of Graham Healthcare Group, under a joint venture the companies...
Bickford, Kendal continue senior living expansion into home care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 04, 2021
Two senior living providers announced expansions into home care on Thursday.