ShiftMed Acquires Healthcare Staffing Company CareerStaff Unlimited

ShiftMed Acquires Healthcare Staffing Company CareerStaff Unlimited

ShiftMed announced on April 22 its acquisition of CareerStaff Unlimited from Genesis HealthCare, a national post-acute care provider. CareerStaff is a leader in the delivery of workforce solutions and staffing services for the healthcare industry, with a national network of offices throughout the United States. CareerStaff’s services include local, travel and per diem employment opportunities for nurses, therapists and pharmacists. Additionally, CareerStaff provides managed service programs to hundreds of healthcare facilities nationally. ShiftMed’s workforce management platform empowers healthcare facilities across all segments – acute care hospitals, post-acute care centers... Read More »

Long-Term Care Sector Revs up in November

The Long-Term Care M&A market seemed to hit the doldrums, with 22 transactions in September and just 20 transactions in October. The sudden slowdown left us wondering if this could be the new norm after a red hot couple of years, where the sector averaged about 30 deals per month in 2015, and settled slowly down to 26 deals per month, through the end of October 2016. So the first week in November came as quite a shock. In the first two days of the month, two of the three largest transactions of the year were announced, along with a $337 million deal for 31 skilled nursing facilities. Sixteen transactions in this sector were announced in the first four days of November, 80% of October’s... Read More »

Home Health in March: Five Deals and a Bankruptcy

The Home Health & Hospice sector had a very slow year in 2015, with just 47 deals made public. Deal making activity has picked up quite a bit in 2016, with 12 deals in the first two months and five more in the first three weeks of March. The only deal to report a price was the $84 million acquisition of Genesis Healthcare’s (NYSE: GEN) home health and hospice business, by Compassus. Genesis is selling the majority of its home health and hospice operations, which are located in California, Idaho, Montana and New Mexico. Privately-held Compassus is a nationwide network of community-based post-acute care services primarily focused on hospice, palliative and home health care. In... Read More »

Home Health & Hospice Deals Keep Coming

The home health & hospice sector is still buzzing with mergers and acquisitions. Just two weeks into the month of March, six transactions have been announced.  The largest target by price (and the only one disclosed to date) is Comapssus’ $84 million purchase of the home health and hospice operations of Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN), which are located in California, Idaho, Montana and New Mexico. Compassus already operates more than 150 community-based hospice and palliative care programs in 28 states. After the close, it will operate more than 165 programs in 30 states. Genesis announced the sale after concluding the home health and hospice businesses were non-strategic assets.... Read More »