The Nuts and Bolts of Enhabit’s 2025 Hospice Growth Strategy

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) is projecting strong hospice growth in the next year fueled in part by investments in technology and workforce development. The company is currently awaiting for the proverbial dust to settle following its victory in a recent lawsuit and the forthcoming new presidential administration. Enhabit anticipates a “nice bump” in patient census […]

[UPDATED] Court Orders VitalCaring to Place 43% of Profits into Trust for Encompass Health, Enhabit

A federal judge in Delaware has ordered home health and hospice provider VitalCaring and its private equity backers to share future profits with Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) and Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB). The case has a long circuitous history that dates back to 2022 when Encompass Health spinned off its home health and hospice business […]

DOJ Decision on Amedisys, UnitedHealth Group Deal Reportedly Unlikely Before November Election

Amedisys Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) planned to meet with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week to discuss their pending acquisition. However, DOJ has reportedly postponed any decisions until after the election. The postponement makes a DOJ lawsuit to block the deal less likely, though not impossible, before the Oct. […]

VitalCaring Leverages AI Program to Improve Outcomes, Ease Caregiver Burden

VitalCaring Group has leveraged AI technology to help improve quality among patients with cognitive conditions and ease caregiver burden. The home health and hospice provider released results of its new automated intelligence (AI) program. The Cognitive Care Pilot Program was offered during a seven-month period to 52 home health patients with conditions such as Alzheimer’s […]

Amedisys Divests Locations in Advance of Optum Deal

Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) has divested a number of home health locations in a sale to VitalCaring. VitalCaring also acquired some Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH) care centers in the deal. Financial terms were undisclosed. Rumors of a potential divestiture began circulating in May. “On June 28, 2024, [Amedisys], UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and certain of their respective […]

VitalCaring Primed for Hospice Expansion in 2024

The Texas-based home health and hospice company VitalCaring Group was built largely through acquisitions. It expects to step up that strategy in 2024, with an emphasis on hospice. VitalCaring was formed in July 2021, when the private equity firms The Vistria Group and Nautic Partners began acquiring home health and hospice agencies throughout the South […]

4 Ways Hospices Are Pursuing Growth in 2023

Hospices are blazing trails toward growth, each provider with its own range of strategies. In 2023, the focus for many is to not only expand their core business but to spread further into the care continuum. Others are traveling a more traditional route, through de novos and acquisitions, though some are modifying their approaches in […]

Home Health and Hospice Heavyweight April Anthony to Lead New Provider Company, VitalCaring

A new multi-state home health and hospice player, VitalCaring Group, has emerged under the leadership of health care entrepreneur and executive April Anthony.   Most recently, Anthony was CEO of home health and hospice for Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC). She stepped down from that role in spring 2021. This came just months before Encompass began its […]