C-Suite Shakeups at Aveanna, New Day, Samaritan, VNAHSR

Aveanna Taps New Chief Legal Executive Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) has appointed Jerry Perchik as its new chief legal officer and secretary. Perchik will step into the role effective April 29. He was previously chief legal officer at diagnostic imaging company MedQuest Associates, serving in the same role at CRH Healthcare LLC prior […]

Aveanna’s Home Health, Hospice ‘Turnaround’

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) has seen improvement within its hospice and home health segment. The company anticipates this momentum to continue despite ongoing inflation and labor headwinds. The last two years have brought some turbulence in Aveanna’s hospice and home health admissions and revenues. The end of 2023 saw revenues start to normalize, […]

Aveanna Healthcare’s ‘Strong, Disciplined’ Hospice Growth

Though hospice is a smaller segment for Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH), it remains a stronghold in the company’s strategic growth plans and a key to leveraging its value proposition among payers. Aveanna’s home health and hospice segment has had mixed results thus far this year, but saw recent improvement, along with its other […]

Despite Headwinds, Aveanna Still Sees Big Upside to Its Home Health and Hospice Business

It wasn’t too long ago when Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We believe that we […]

Hospice Providers Expanding with Inpatient Units, De Novos

Aveanna Opens Hospice De Novo Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) has opened a de novo in Greenville, Alabama. Through the new location, Aveanna provides advanced palliative care and hospice to community-based patients. The home health and hospice provider will also offer bereavement and family support services to the community, as well as 24/7 on-call […]

Aveanna Execs: ‘Still in a Slugfest’ for Labor

Staffing and reimbursement headwinds remain sticking points for Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) home health and hospice margins. The company’s margins for that segment fell to 44.6% in Q1 from 48.7% during the same period in 2022. But payer relationships will be a key to thwarting these pressures, according to executives. Though Aveanna’s home […]

Aveanna’s Labor Pains Easing as Hospice Revenue Grows

High labor costs have whittled into Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH)’s growth potential. But the company may be gaining ground on recruitment, retention and revenue. Similar to many hospice providers, Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered Aveanna has been focused on recovering from staffing punches that knocked down patient volumes throughout last year. Recruitment and retention were among […]

Aveanna CEO Tony Strange to Retire; COO Shaner to Take Helm

Tony Strange, CEO and director at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH), will retire at the close of this year. COO Jeff Shaner, who has been with the company since its founding in 2017, will succeed Strange effective Jan 1. “I am looking forward to this new leadership role as CEO and further building on […]

Wages Rising for Hospice Workers; Aides See 9.09% Increase

Wages for hospice aides and CNAs are rising faster than those for other interdisciplinary team members as providers seek to stem rampant turnover among those employees. The national average hourly rate for hospice aides and CNAs rose 9.09% in 2022, compared to a 4.52% increase in 2021, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits […]

Aveanna’s Home Health, Hospice Business Takes Punches During First Year as Publicly Traded Company

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AVAH) hospice and home health segments saw small jumps in the third quarter, but these lagged behind the company’s growth targets. The end of this year’s Q1 marked Aveanna’s first year as a publicly traded organization. Founded in 2017, the company launched a $458.8 million initial public offering (IPO) last […]