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 »