Chapters Health System has recently completed its affiliation with Oregon-based Housecall Providers. The two organizations penned an agreement to affiliate in February. The move will allow Chapters to significantly expand geographically and grow its value-based services, the organization indicated. Housecall Providers offers hospice, advanced illness care and home-based primary care. Joining forces has the potential […]
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 […]
Center for Hospice Care (CHC) and Visiting Nurse Association Hospice of Northwest Indiana (VNA Hospice NWI) have entered into a legally binding strategic affiliation. The integration is expected to allow patients to transition seamlessly across a unified nonprofit care network, with no disruption to their continuity of care, according to the organizations. The two hospices […]
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 […]
LiveWell Partners has acquired Michigan Community VNA Home Health and Hospice, expanding its home-based care footprint in Michigan. The transaction marks LiveWell’s third acquisition in Michigan. Michigan Community VNA is based in Detroit and provides skilled home health, therapies, palliative care and hospice services throughout that metropolitan area. The company will not rebrand and will continue with its current leadership […]
Empassion Health helped generate nearly $60 million in net Medicare cost savings in 2024 through its participation in the high-needs track of the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. Empassion’s gross savings through the payment model totaled $75 million. The results reflect Empassion’s emphasis on patient risk stratification, care […]
Hospice spending has seen a downward trend among participants in the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) payment model. Medicare spending has been “significantly reduced” by new ACO entrants over the last three years since the payment model’s launch, according to a new report by NORC at the University of […]
Family Hospice LLC has completed its acquisition of North Georgia Community Hospice LLC for an undisclosed amount. The deal closed on Wednesday and marks an important milestone for Georgia-based Family Hospice’s expansion across its home state, CEO Charlie Hall indicated in a press release. The transaction represents an opportunity to improve hospice access for patients […]
Deacon Associates has agreed to acquire 31 home health and hospice agencies from Nashville-based HCA Healthcare’s [NYSE: HCA]. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Hospice agencies represented 23% of HCA Healthcare’s total divested assets, which sprawl across eight states. Announced Wednesday, the acquisition is expected to close in roughly three months, pending regulatory approval, […]
