marketALERT: Acquisition Interest Flip Flops Back to Hospice
One of the most consistent trends in home health and hospice mergers and acquisitions is that when one is up, the other is down.
CMS Lifts Moratoria on Home Health After 5 Years
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
M&A market buzzes in lead up to gap period
It was a busy fourth quarter in 2018 for home medical equipment mergers and acquisitions. Due to substantive changes in CMS’s decision to pause competitive bidding for two years, buyers are showing interest in the sector again. HME Managing Director Pat Clifford also commented to HME News that interest is strong not only in
HME News: Are we headed for another 2012?
What was so great about 2012, you may ask? Home Medical Equipment deals increased by two thirds in the span of a year: 71 in 2011 up to 107 in 2012. The reason? CMS started competitive bidding in a number of the country's largest cities. Fast forward to present day, and CMS is pausing
marketALERT: Home Care and Hospice M&A – New Strategies, New Buyers, and Changing Fortunes…the Magic Eye Knows
If you look carefully at the historical patterns of reimbursement, M&A strategies, supply and demand, and more, an image of what the market will be like over the next 12-36 months is revealed (and you don’t even have to...
M&A: What will be impact of bid changes?
There's a chance of an increase in M&A activity in HME because of proposed changes to competitive bidding from CMS. Analysts say it's too early to tell, and Managing Director Pat Clifford spoke with HME News, explaining it's best to wait and see what will happen. “Unless the paradigm really changes, the rates still