LHC Group Taking ‘Fresh’ Approach to End-of-Life Care Strategy

LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) is setting its strategic sights on “all things end-of-life care,” seeing further upside in its sizable hospice business. The Lafayette, Louisiana-based provider has spent the past few years building up its hospice platform through acquisitions. It plans to continue the momentum in 2022, though the company has previously suggested it will […]

LHC Group Acquires Three Hospice, Home Health Providers

LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG) has entered an agreement to acquire three home health, hospice, and palliative care companies. These include MSA Hospice in Indiana, Ashley County Medical Center Home Health in Arkansas, and Virginia-based Cavalier Healthcare Services. The purchase prices for each of these transactions were undisclosed. LHC Group expects the deals to close […]

Hospice Providers Quickly Opening Inpatient Units for COVID-19 Patients

Hospices are adapting their inpatient facilities to care for COVID-19 patients as the number of people afflicted with the virus continues to swell. Though many, if not most, coronavirus patients receive care in their homes, in some instances the severity of symptoms necessitates inpatient care.  Georgia-based Hospice Savannah and some locations of the national chain […]

Heart of Hospice Acquires Heartstrings

Charleston, S.C.-based Heart of Hospice, LLC, a subsidiary of Evening Post Industries (EPI) Group, has purchased Heartstrings Hospice for an undisclosed sum. Heartstrings will transition to the Heart of Hospice brand. Heartstrings will expand the Heart of Hospice footprint in South Carolina. The company presently serves more than 1,500 patients from 17 locations is Arkansas, […]