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 »