While private equity interest in the hospice space remains hot, some players have abandoned or postponed plans to bring their holdings to the acquisitions market during the COVID-19 pandemic. While many expect the market to rebound by the third or fourth quarter of the year, nothing is certain as COVID cases continue to spike throughout […]
Category: M&A
Caring Brands International (CBI) has acquired Bluebird Care Master, a home care, hospice and personal care franchise company located in the Republic of Ireland. CBI is a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction gives CBI franchising rights throughout Ireland under the Bluebird Care […]
Hospice and home health provider Traditions Health, LLC has acquired Tomball, Texas-based Hospice with Grace, expanding the company’s footprint in the Houston region. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Traditions is a portfolio company of family-owned investment firm Dorilton Capital Advisors that operates in Texas, California and Arizona. The hospice provider has been on […]
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) has completed its acquisition of Homecare Preferred Choice, Inc., doing business as AseraCare Hospice. Amedisys acquired 100% ownership of AseraCare for a cash price of $235 million. AseraCare operates 44 hospice locations throughout 14 states with an average daily census that exceeds 2,100. The company generates $117 million in revenue annually. With […]
The hospice mergers and acquisitions market continued to be robust early in the first quarter of 2020 but took a sharp dive as companies shifted their attention towards responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. A number of transactions, large and small, have occurred in May, which could signal a resurgence. The outlook […]
A Charleston, S.C.-based location of national aging services company Senior Helpers has acquired hospice provider Lowcountry Companions, also located in South Carolina. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Senior Helpers, parent company to the Charleston location, is a portfolio company of Altaris Capital, a private equity firm which purchased the senior services company […]
The Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG) has acquired Prime Hospice, located near Phoenix, and Harmony Hospice of Arizona in the northwestern region of that state. Financial terms for the transactions have not been disclosed. The company expects to complete a third acquisition in a matter of days, also in the Southwest. Pennant, which owns and […]
Home health and hospice provider LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) is determined to cast a larger shadow on the hospice space this year and next, largely through acquisitions with joint venture partners. The company last December voiced its intention to double its hospice footprint nationally within 12 to 18 months, with a focus on co-locating hospice […]
Post-acute company CareCentrix, headquartered in Hartford, Conn., has closed the acquisition of community-based palliative care provider Turn-Key Health for an undisclosed sum. The transaction has it roots in a partnership the two companies pursued early in the second quarter of 2019, when they began to integrate their respective care management and predictive analytic platforms to […]
Hospice and home health provider Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Texas-based AseraCare Hospice for a cash purchase price of $235 million. Amedisys has had its eye on AseraCare for a number of years. “In 2016 we actually approached the AseraCare, and at that time they weren’t for sale. We’ve […]