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Avenues Home Care Enters Alabama with As Close As Family Acquisition
On October 2, Avenues Home Care announced its expansion into Alabama through the acquisition of As Close As Family (ACAF) in Rainsville, Alabama. ACAF operates multiple locations, providing compassionate home care throughout Alabama. The company has affiliations with the Home Care Association of America and the Alabama Elder Care Planning Council. Avenues Home Care provides personalized homecare services for adults, seniors and veterans. The company has 14 locations across Texas, Tennessee and Georgia. Avenues Home Care was acquired by Nashville, Tennessee-based private equity firm Capital Alignment Partners in March 2024. Local leadership and caregivers of ACAF will remain in place,... Read More »Reimbursement Changes and Home Health Outlook
Sponsored by CLA Over the summer, the home health industry was hit with some new potential headwinds. On June 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its calendar year (CY) 2026 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system, which proposes significant rate adjustments. In this article, we’re going to explore what the most significant changes are and how they will impact the home health market. What are the changes to Medicare? There is a litany of changes included in the CY 2026 Home Health proposed rule, but the payment cuts are causing the most alarm. Under the new rule for 2026, home health payments would be reduced by approximately 6.4% overall,... Read More »
VIA Health Partners Acquires At-Home Primary Care Company Equity Health
North Carolina-based VIA Health Partners announced that it has expanded into home-based primary care with the acquisition of Equity Health. Financial terms were undisclosed. Equity Health offers a full spectrum of primary care services in the home, with the goals of reducing burden on caregivers, reducing hospitalizations and improving chronic disease management. The company also offers patients and families 24/7 access to a nurse practitioner. Operating since 1978, VIA Health Partners is an independent, community-based not-for-profit provider of hospice and serious illness care, serving more than 5,000 patients and families daily across 38 counties across North and South Carolina. Part of... Read More »
Traditions Health Hospice in Highland Heights Linked to Merger or Acquisition in LevinPro Database
Traditions Health has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility, known officially by CMS as Traditions Hospice Of Highland Heights LLC, is a private hospice situated at 677 Alpha Drive, Suite H in Highland Heights, Ohio. It was incorporated on July 1, 2025. LevinPro, which tracks M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors from hospitals and home health to medical real estate and biopharma, profiled the transaction involving Traditions Health in its deal database, which is available to subscribers here. LevinPro has tracked thousands of deals in the hospice sector throughout its history. To see the... Read More »
