Amedisys Closes $235 Million AseraCare Deal

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 […]

Pandemic Slows Hospice M&A, but Resurgence Is on the Horizon

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 […]

Senior Helpers Franchisee Purchases Lowcountry Companions

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 […]

Pennant Acquires Two Arizona Hospice Companies

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 […]

LHC Group Stays Bullish on Hospice Expansion

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 […]

CareCentrix Acquires Turn-Key Health

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 […]

Amedisys to Acquire AseraCare Hospice for $235 Million

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 […]

Choice Homecare of Texas Acquires Nextgen Hospice

Choice Homecare of Texas, LLC has purchased Nextgen Hospice for an undisclosed sum. Nextgen will rebrand under the Choice name. Choice Homecare provides hospice, rehab services and home health care in more than 100 counties throughout Texas. The post-acute provider has been on a growth trajectory for a number of years both due to acquisitions […]

Hospice M&A Flourishes in Q1 Despite Outbreak

The first quarter of 2020 has borne out the expectation that the COVID_19 pandemic would have little impact on hospice mergers and acquisitions, at least in the short term. Close to 15 M&A transactions occurred during Q1. This slightly exceeds the 14 transactions that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2019 and beats the total […]

Missouri Home Hospice Acquires HomeCare of Mid Missouri

Missouri Home Hospice, LLC, has purchased Moberly, Mo.-based hospice and home health provider HomeCare of Mid Missouri. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Missouri home is on a growth trajectory even amid the COVID-19 crisis. The HomeCare transaction is the company’s fourth acquisition in the past nine months. “In each community we enter, […]