Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC), will spin off its home health and hospice business as a separate publicly traded company branded as Enhabit Home Health & Hospice. The company expects to complete the spin off during the first half of 2022. Encompass announced in Dec. that a strategic repositioning of the segment was in the cards. Current […]
Frontier Home Health & Hospice
A forthcoming hospice and home health spin off company from Encompass Health (NYSE: ENC) will be a publicly traded entity. Encompass announced last December that a strategic repositioning of the segment was in the cards. The transaction is expected to take place during the first half of 2022. To ready themselves for a separation, Encompass […]
A public or private separation of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment is underway, though details of the forthcoming transaction remain hidden. Encompass announced last December that a strategic repositioning of the segment was in the cards and expects to reveal their ultimate decision before the end of this year. To ready […]
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 […]
Despite growing demand, the lack of a robust reimbursement structure for palliative care services may be keeping some providers out of that market. Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) will not be entering the palliative care space any time soon, choosing to focus on growing its current hospice and home health operations. About 50% of community-based palliative […]
Despite slowed activity in part tempered by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospice and home health provider Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) anticipates accelerated M&A activity in the near future, seeking acquisitions in both spaces as markets become thick with competition. Similar to many providers nationwide, Encompass Health was impacted by pandemic-related headwinds throughout 2020. The company’s […]
Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) is benefiting from rising hospice utilization as its health care services segment grows. The company has not yet reached a decision regarding the future of its hospice and home health business, which may be poised for a spin off, merger or sale. While Encompass saw more hospice patients come under its […]
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 […]