Beyond Dollars & Cents: Maximizing Sellers’ Returns in Hospice M&A

Hospices considering a sale should not underestimate their value proposition by limiting their focus to revenues and margins. With hospice M&A staying hot, a host of operational and financial pressures — coupled with record-high valuations in the space — has driven a range of providers to consider selling. While a healthy balance sheet is critical […]

Hospices Call for Higher Payment to Offset Minimum Wage Hikes Amid Staff Shortage

While hospices have been focusing efforts to recruit, retain and rebuild their ranks during a financially choppy time, some providers are furrowing their brows over minimum wage increases in the absence of a corresponding raise to Medicare reimbursement.  While federal efforts to boost the minimum wage have stagnated for the time being, action is underway […]