Care Resource, a local provider of skilled home health nursing in Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts, was acquired by Encompass Health, a publicly traded company focused on inpatient and home-based care that helps patients achieve life-changing results. The transaction expands Encompass Health's home health footprint into Rhode Island and will enhance its existing Massachusetts operations.
What makes the urgent care sector unique is we are seeing hospitals, physician groups, and insurers get in the action – not just for the revenues urgent care can generate, but also for the role it can play as an entry-point into the system that can be leveraged to direct patients to the most effective venues of care.
A large number of hospitals and health systems are expanding their home health businesses through partnering or acquiring home health agencies. From 2016 to 2018, 177 of these hospitals or health systems acquired home health care companies.
In what will likely go down as a landmark decision that will ripple throughout the insurance and behavioral health industry, "a federal judge in Northern California ruled that a unit of UnitedHealth Group, the giant health insurer, had created internal policies aimed at effectively discriminating against patients with mental health and substance abuse disorders to save money.”
The market for Substance Use Disorder treatment facilities still remains very active, but buyers are starting to explore other options. In a report published by Vista Research Group, Dexter Braff explores market trends in behavioral health, noting that buyers are pivoting in other directions like non-residential counseling programs and medication-assisted treatment programs.
Dexter Braff is speaking regarding The Future of Startup Financing at Rock Health's Digital CEO Summit. This session will explore these options—including traditional VC, corporate investment, PE, grants/philanthropy, debt, and bootstrapping—and how entrepreneurs can effectively navigate startup financing.
The signs are out there.And they’re pointing the way towards a possible resurgence in at-risk youth mergers and acquisitions activity.Although there are many variations on the theme, conditions are ripe for a rise in consolidation activity in health care services when some or all of the following market factors are in play.
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The temporary ban on the Medicare Provider Enrollment Moratoria became effective last month. It's expected that this move by CMS will allow agencies to improve patient access to home-based care. Managing Director Mark Kulik spoke with Home Health Care News regarding the positive impact this will have in the industry. “I think competition is what’s
