BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) is pursuing healthcare deals in 2026, with the potential for some larger deals. The company has primarily invested in tuck-in acquisitions in recent times and will continue to emphasis those targets in its pipeline. However, it will also consider more medium-sized deals, provided they are less than 30% to 40% […]
Atlanta-headquartered Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) has seen recent growth across all three of its healthcare segments. The company is narrowing its strategic sights toward hospice and home health. Aveanna offers hospice and home health, private duty and medical solution services across 39 states. The company provides care to medically complex and chronically ill […]
The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) is investing in technology to meet rising demand as its hospice and home health segment swells. Meanwhile, the company is navigating recent regulatory changes to improve program integrity. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a “key focus area” for the company when it comes to boosting revenue, quality and operational efficiency, […]
Addus Homecare (Nasdaq: ADUS) is hungry for acquisitions, with home care and skilled home health at the top of the menu. The company is seeking to build density and expand into new markets as it works to develop stronger relationships with Managed Care Organizations and other payers, according to Chairman and CEO Dirk Allison. “We […]
UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) subsidiary Optum Health is churning toward quality and cost improvement as the company leverages its technology initiatives. The insurance mammoth and healthcare provider UnitedHealth Group has reoriented the way it uses artificial intelligence (AI) across its internal systems and commercial products. During the last year, the company has advanced a series […]
VITAS Healthcare is shifting more of its attention towards acquisitions during a six-month national moratorium on Medicare hospice enrollment. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a temporary national moratorium on hospice and home health Medicare enrollment in May. Set to expire in November 2026, the move halted new hospice growth across […]
Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH) is leaning hard into its preferred payer and government affairs strategies to foster growth in its home health and hospice segment and other businesses. The company’s preferred payer strategy is focused largely on Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care Plans. Aveanna set a goal for eight additional payer agreements in 2026 […]
The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) is proceeding apace with its integration of recently acquired former assets of Amedisys and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), and may have more acquisitions on the way. In October 2025, The Pennant Group finalized its acquisition of former Amedisys and UnitedHealth Group hospice and home health operations across Tennessee, Alabama and […]
Addus Homecare (Nasdaq: ADUS) has seen sustainable hospice revenue growth, a trend in part due to the company’s investments in compliance. Fraudulent activity in the hospice space has brought tightened regulatory oversight in recent years. Hospices providing quality care have used various tactics and resources to remain compliant as regulators root out program integrity issues […]
After a banner first quarter, BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) is focused on performance improvement and continued organic growth. The company’s hospice operations are housed within its home health care business, part of its provider services segment. BrightSpring expects rising demand for those services to bolster its growth opportunity in both the near future and […]
