Some Medicaid managed care plans are continuing to fail to make pass-through room-and-board payments to hospices for patients in California nursing homes. The issue pertains to nursing home residents who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Hospices typically cover these patients’ room-and-board costs with the expectation that Medicaid will reimburse them for the expenses. […]
Hospice buyers in the M&A market in 2026 are looking for strong regulatory compliance, solid cash flow and effective leadership as they hunt for deals. Hospice M&A has seen an uptick in late 2025 and to date in 2026 after a three-year slump in deal activity. The M&A advisory firm The Braff Group projects that […]
Deaconess Associations Incorporated (DAI) has closed its acquisition of 31 home health and hospice agencies from HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA). The deal includes 24 home health locations and seven hospice locations across eight states. The acquisition is part of DAI’s broader strategy to expand its presence in home health and hospice care, with the organization […]
Arkansas-based hospice provider Circle of Life will acquire Washington Regional Hospice, with the deal expected to close before the end of September. The acquired hospice is currently owned by the Washington Regional Health System. Financial terms were undisclosed. Current patients will receive uninterrupted services through the transaction process. “Our organizations have very similar service areas, […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added new options in its Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model. The provisions are designed to strengthen symptom management among patients with chronic conditions. The agency unveiled the 10-year voluntary payment model at the end of last year, which began on July […]
The Pennant Group’s (Nasdaq: PNTG) existing home health, hospice and senior living operations continued to improve while the company worked through a major expansion in the Southeast, executives said during the Jefferies Healthcare Services Conference. In October 2025, The Pennant Group finalized its acquisition of former Amedisys and LHC Group hospice and home health operations across Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia from […]
The private equity firm Frazier Healthcare Partners has acquired the post-acute software company MatrixCare from ResMed (NYSE: RMD). The transaction makes MatrixCare a standalone company, rather than a subsidiary. Financial terms were undisclosed. In the wake of the deal, the company appointed Frazier Executive in Residence Jonathan Lujan as CEO. Becoming a standalone corporation will […]
The 2027 hospice payment rates likely will change based on a technical error by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency made a mistake that affected the Fiscal Year 2027 hospice wage index and has recalculated those numbers. CMS is in the process of developing a correction notice to update the […]
Colorado-based Bloom Healthcare has acquired Christian Care House Calls, which provides home-based senior primary care in Texas. The deal expands the company’s existing presence in the state. Bloom Healthcare has locations in Colorado, Missouri and Texas. The company provides home-based services such as hospice, primary and wound care, dementia support, behavioral health and chronic care […]
Hospice merger and acquisition volume has regained momentum and is rapidly approaching pre-pandemic levels. For hospice, 48 deals took place in 2019, according to the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group. This was followed by the record-breaking years of 2020 through 2022, in which nearly 70 hospice transactions completed annually. Then hospice M&A entered a lull. […]
