Pennant Group acquires home care, hospice companies in Idaho
By
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...
Rates for nursing homes, in-home care down: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2024
Movement of rates for long-term care is mixed, with assisted living and home health aide rates up but rates for in-home nursing visits and nursing homes declined year over year, according to a new report...
Merger, acquisition activity lags across healthcare
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 05, 2024
Deal activity declined last year across nearly every segment of healthcare, according to newly released data from Irving Levin Associates
Tutera to outsource management of home health division
By
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...
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...
CCRC introduces home health program for independent living residents
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 12, 2024
Monarch Landing, a continuing care retirement / life plan community in Naperville, IL, has introduced a Monarch at Home, a home health program “specifically for our independent living residents who need...
SNF referral rejection rate at 88 percent due to staffing issues: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 02, 2022
Referrals from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities are increasing, but by the first quarter of this year, the rate of referral rejection among SNFs had climbed to 88%, primarily due to diminished staff...
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.
Home health, hospice M&A up 20 percent in second quarter
By
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...
Americans would have difficulty paying for a year of long-term care: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2023
The majority of adults say that it would be “impossible” or “very difficult” to pay for long-term care, according to the results of a survey by KFF, published last week.