Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) may be inching closer to spinning off its home health and hospice segment. Encompass announced last December that it was mulling a strategic repositioning of its home health and hospice business. The company has not yet announced a final decision but has indicated that preparations have begun for a possible separation […]
The recent appointments of a new C-suite executive team at Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) hospice and home health business is a likely indicator that the company will spin off that segment into a separate company according to an analysis from the financial services company Jeffries. Encompass announced last December that it was considering a strategic […]
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) has agreed to acquire Frontier Home Health & Hospice for an undisclosed sum. The transaction will bring 11 hospice and nine home health locations into the Encompass footprint. Frontier was founded in Montana in 2008 and has since expanded to Alaska, Colorado, Washington and Wyoming. The company earned nearly $36 […]
Encompass Health’s (NASDAQ: EHC) hospice segment has proven resilient to pandemic-related headwinds compared to the company’s other business lines. Hospice saw revenue and census growth during the third quarter of 2020 even as the company’s home health operations saw some declines due to reduced referrals and fallout from the patient-driven groupings model (PDGM). The company […]
Encompass Health (NASDAQ: EHC) in the second quarter overcame the financial onslaught brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, despite millions of dollars in increased costs for personal protective equipment (PPE), supplies, and increased paid time off and paid leave for staff. Things started to look up for Encompass in Q2, propelled by demographic tailwinds and […]
Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) hospice business saw positive growth during the first quarter of 2020 despite the company suffering some blows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2019 acquisition of Alacare Home Health & Hospice for $217 million continues to bear fruit, offering major contributions to the company’s hospice revenue during the first quarter, which […]
Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) will be targeting large acquisitions in the home health and hospice space during 2020 with an emphasis on hospice, due to disruption in the home health sector resulting from the Patient Driving Groupings Model (PDGM). Effective Jan. 1, 2020 Medicare began reimbursing home health care providers through PDGM, which classifies patients […]
Encompass Health Corp.’s (NYSE: EHC) recently closed acquisition of Alacare Home Health & Hospice for $217.5 million spurred significant revenue growth in the third quarter. The company’s hospice segment earnings rose 53.7% between Q3 2019 and Q3 2018. A nearly 6% rise in same-store admissions also boosted Encompass Health’s third quarter performance. The company’s average […]
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all of the assets of privately owned Alacare Home Health & Hospice for $217.5 million. With this acquisition, Encompass Health will become the 10th largest U.S. hospice provider, based on Medicare reimbursements. EBITDA multiples were not disclosed. Birmingham, Ala.-based Alacare operates 23 […]
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