M and A activity is hot, with private equity, large home care firms driving deals, finance leaders say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 05, 2021
Demographics, a global pandemic and potential changes in tax laws are the tailwinds driving strong merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in home care and hospice for the foreseeable future. That was the...
Private equity’s Pharos Capital Group secures another home health deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 14, 2021
In another sign that mergers and acquisitions are heating up, Dallas and Nashville-based private equity firm Pharos Capital Group has added another hospice and home healthcare agency to its stable of businesse
Healthcare personnel more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 at work
Apr 14, 2022
HCP cases were more likely to report healthcare exposures and were less likely to report household/community exposures.
‘Business pandemic’ will spur lawsuit wave: M&A litigator
By
Amy Novotney
May 20, 2020
Despite efforts by Republican lawmakers to create stronger liability protections for healthcare workers and small businesses hammered by the pandemic, COVID-19-related lawsuits still are likely to be pursued,...
Mergers and acquisitions receive more scrutiny from buyers, experts say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
It may be a seller’s market in the home care and hospice industry, but buyers are scrutinizing potential deals more closely.
Child care stress affects health, work of U.S. healthcare workers during pandemic
Jul 22, 2022
High child care stress was tied to anxiety, depression and burnout as well as retention issues.
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy up for racial, ethnic minority healthcare workers
Aug 30, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy was highest among Black and Hispanic or Latino healthcare workers; concerns include side effects and the newness of the vaccine.
FDA authorizes first COVID-19 diagnostic test for home use
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 20, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week issued an emergency use authorization for the first COVID-19 at-home diagnostic self-test. The Lucira all-in-one test kit is a molecular (real-time loop...
30 percent of hospital-based healthcare personnel unvaccinated
Nov 22, 2021
Vaccination coverage was highest among HCP in children’s hospitals, followed by those in short-term acute care hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and critical access hospitals (77, 70.1,...
How older adults’ perceptions due to COVID-19 affect the future of senior living
By
Jim Moore
Dec 11, 2020
Operators will need to take several steps to make prospective residents feel safe.