Home Health & Hospice Sector Deals Dipped in Q3:19

Home Health & Hospice Sector Deals Dipped in Q3:19

Deal volume in the home health and hospice sector dipped slightly in the third quarter of 2019, down 23% with 20 publicly announced transactions, compared with 26 acquisitions in the second quarter, according to data from HealthCareMandA.com. Compared with the third quarter of 2018, home health and hospice M&A activity decreased by 20%, when 25 acquisitions were announced. Six of the transactions disclosed prices in the third quarter of 2019, for a combined total of nearly $1.2 billion. In the same quarter of 2018, the total dollar value based on disclosed prices was just $7.2 million. Of the 20 transactions announced in the third quarter, 35% were announced by private equity firms or... Read More »
TowerBrook & Ascension Acquire Hospice Compassus in $1 Billion Deal

TowerBrook & Ascension Acquire Hospice Compassus in $1 Billion Deal

TowerBrook Capital Partners and Ascension have joined forces in a hospice deal worth $1 billion, or 11.8x revenue. The joint venture is buying Hospice Compassus, which provides hospice, palliative and home health care and services to patients in more than 25 states, from Formation Capital and Audax Private Equity. Towerbrook and Ascension will own equal stakes in Hospice Compassus after buying the hospice firm an auction that started in early 2019. Formation and Audax backed Hospice Compassus for roughly five years, recapitalizing the company in 2014 for roughly $300 million, according to the same report. Although it’s no surprise that PE firms are big players in the Home Health and... Read More »