Home Health & Hospice M&A Remains Steady in Q4:15
After a decline in home health and hospice acquisitions earlier in the year, M&A activity steadied itself in the third and fourth quarters of 2015. There were 12 publicly announced transactions in the fourth quarter, matching the level in the third quarter but well below the fourth quarter of 2014, when there were 20 announced acquisitions. However, when it comes to the dollars spent on these transactions, there was a sharp drop from $273.85 million in the third quarter to $108.7 million. Most transactions are small and many do not have disclosed prices, which makes comparing the periods difficult. In the fourth quarter of 2014, the total disclosed dollar value of the transactions was... Read More »Almost Family Adds to its In-Home Assessment Segment
Home health care is still a hot sector going into 2016, as more health care providers and investors stay on the hunt for quality targets that provide low-cost care to post-acute patients. Almost Family, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFAM) kicked off the year with its acquisition of Long Term Solutions, Inc., which provides in-home nursing assessments for the long-term care insurance industry. The $37 million price includes $20 million in cash, a $6 million note payable, plus $11 million of AFAM common stock. LTS will join Ingenios Health Co., acquired in July 2015 for approximately $13.3 million, in AFAM’s rapidly developing Health Care Innovations Segment. Ingenios Health’s technology enables... Read More »Recent Healthcare M&A Deals, Week Ending July 24, 2015
Read More »Almost Family Buys into In-Home Assessments
Almost Family, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFAM) made a strategic acquisition last week that moves it into the growing health assessment market. The company paid $13,354,200 ($2 million in cash and approximately 260,000 shares of AFAM common stock) to buy Ingenios Health Co. of Jacksonville, Florida. Ingenios provides technology-enabled in-home clinical assessments for Medicare Advantage, Managed Medicaid and Commercial Exchange lives in seven states and Washington, D.C. Last year it performed more than 10,000 in-home assessment visits, which works out to $1,335 per visit, for Almost Family. Read More »Schedule a demo
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