BrightSpring Health Services’ (Nasdaq: BTSG) health care provider businesses are undergoing a growth spurt, a trend that the company’s forthcoming acquisition of divested Amedisys locations may accelerate. The sale has been contingent on the closure of the UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) own acquisition of Amedisys, which had been delayed by an investigation and lawsuit by […]
LifeCare Home Health has acquired St. Gabriel’s Hospice & Palliative Care, which serves patients across Texas. Financial terms were undisclosed. This is the third recent acquisition for LifeCare, which has also purchased Fairmont Hospice in Houston and Valley Hospice of Nevada. Financial terms for those transactions were also confidential. “Joining LifeCare represents the next chapter […]
Uplift Hospice has acquired Stoneridge Hospice in Arizona for an undisclosed amount. Uplift’s footprint stretches across the southwest and into the mountain states with locations in Texas, Arizona and Nevada. The Stoneridge transaction adds density to its Arizona operations and brings the company’s average daily census up to 500 patients. The owners of Stoneridge were […]
Consolidation among nonprofit hospices has ramped up in recent years. The trend is not anticipated to abate any time soon amid rising costs and regulatory oversight. This is according to Mark Kulik, senior managing director at the Pennsylvania-based merger and acquisition advisory firm The Braff Group. Hospice consolidation activity has increased over the past few […]
North Carolina-headquartered VIA Health partners has expanded into the home-based primary care arena with the acquisition of Equity Health. Financial terms were undisclosed. Michelle Schmerge, president and founder of Equity Health, established the company about five years ago. Equity Health’s model involves offering a full spectrum of primary care services in the home, with the […]
In 2025, deals are harder to close than in prior years, but an uptick in M&A activity may be coming in Q4 and early 2026. A big determinant will be what happens with interest rates. Many buyers, particularly those in private equity, have their fingers crossed for rate cuts later in the year or early […]
On the heels of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has closed its acquisition of the home health and hospice provider Amedisys. Amedisys announced the news in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Thursday. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum, in June 2023 inked its agreement to […]
Hospice acquisitions slowed slightly between the first and second quarters of the year. Five hospice transactions took place in Q2, down from the seven deals reported in Q1, according to a recent report from the M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. This continues a years-long slump in the hospice M&A market, following record years in 2021 […]
The market intelligence firm Trella Health has acquired the hospital discharge automation company Repisodic. The combined company seeks to ensure smoother transitions from the hospital to post-acute care, including skilled nursing, home health, hospice and other services. Financial terms were undisclosed. “We started to look upstream and to understand the value proposition and all the […]
The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PTNG) is expanding into the southeastern United States with the forthcoming purchase of agencies divested by Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). The sale has been contingent on the closure of the UnitedHealth Group’s own acquisition of Amedisys, which has been delayed by an investigation and lawsuit by the […]
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