Category: Aveanna Healthcare

Transactions: Aveanna to Acquire Comfort Care in $345M Deal; Henry Ford Health System Partners with Contessa

Addus HomeCare, Amedisys, Aveanna Healthcare, Contessa Health, HHCN+, LHC Group Inc, M&A, Nova Leap / October 5, 2021 October 5, 2021

Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH) has agreed to acquire Comfort Care Home Health for $345 million, according to financial filings. The Atlanta-based Aveanna went public through a $100 million IPO earlier this year. While it filed an 8-K on Oct. 1 for the deal, a press release has not yet been issued. Sign up for HHCN …

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‘Bring It On’: Home Health Executives Embrace HHVBP Expansion

American Advantage Home Care, Aveanna Healthcare, Axxess, Bayada Home Health Care, CMS, Elara Caring, Featured, First Choice Home Health & Hospice, HHCN+, Home Health Care, The Pennant Group, VNSNY / August 25, 2021 August 25, 2021

When the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first released its home health proposed payment rule for 2022, its nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model was recognized as a potential game-changer for the home health industry. While HHVBP has been heralded for its ability to improve quality of care …

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Higher-Acuity Care, Rate Stability and New M&A Priorities: Key Takeaways from the Q2 Earnings Season

Addus HomeCare, Amedisys, Aveanna Healthcare, Contessa Health, HHCN+, LHC Group / August 19, 2021 August 19, 2021

The home health industry is at a pivotal moment, with operators weighing exciting new opportunities while simultaneously working through emerging challenges related to the COVID-19 virus. Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG), Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) and other publicly traded providers discussed many of the industry’s biggest developments during their …

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Aveanna Applauds 2022 Proposed Payment Rule, Sets Sights on Home Health Growth

Aveanna Healthcare, CMS, Home Health Care, Hospice, M&A / August 12, 2021 August 12, 2021

In the wake of going public in the spring, the leadership team at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) has been especially vocal about its appetite for major growth. The company’s leaders echoed this sentiment, highlighting a focus on home health in particular, during its Q2 2021 earnings call on Thursday. “Home health and hospice …

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Home Health Veterans Windley, Strange Hoping to Take Aveanna Above and Beyond $2 Billion

Aveanna Healthcare, Featured, Home Health Care, M&A, Uncategorized / July 20, 2021 July 20, 2021

Rod Windley and Tony Strange have been in business with each other for decades. They continue to be partners today as the chairman and CEO, respectively, of Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH). From The Healthfield Group Inc. and Gentiva Health Services, Kindred at Home’s predecessor, to Aveanna, Windley and Strange have helped build a handful of …

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The Home-Based Care Companies That Could Go Public Next

AccentCare, Aveanna Healthcare, BrightSpring, Featured, Help At Home Inc., Home Health Care, Mertz Taggart, Stoneridge Partners / June 7, 2021 June 7, 2021

In-home care tailwinds have only grown stronger during the COVID-19 crisis. That, in turn, is prompting the home health industry itself to change. Initially, much of that change has come in the form of more M&A action and investment, especially from private equity interests. Eventually, though, it will also likely manifest in more activity in …

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Aveanna Details Big Plans for Home Health M&A in First Official Earnings Call

Aveanna Healthcare, Home Health Care, Hospice, M&A / May 26, 2021 May 26, 2021

Fresh off of its market debut last month, Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) is throwing its weight behind home health. Since going public, the company has made moves to position itself as a major player within the home health space. Aveanna plans to aggressively pursue home health M&A opportunities, Rod Windley, executive chairman of …

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Home Health Providers to Watch in 2021

AccentCare, Aveanna Healthcare, BrightSpring Health Services, Brookdale Senior Living, Encompass Health, Featured, HCA Healthcare, Home Health Care, Humana, innovation, Kindred at Home, Lifesprk / May 12, 2021 May 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the ambitious plans of most home health providers. Now nearly halfway into 2021, many are picking up right where they left off, with a few key players doubling down on innovation and betting big on the future of home-based care. There are plenty “home health providers to watch” as the rest …

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Aveanna Files for $100M IPO, Announces Major Expansion Plans

Aveanna Healthcare, Home Health Care, M&A / April 4, 2021 April 4, 2021

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. — a large and rapidly growing in-home care company that historically has specialized in caring for complex pediatric patients — is attempting to go public. The Atlanta-based home health provider announced plans to raise $100 million in an initial public stock offering on Thursday. In its paperwork, Aveanna also revealed an …

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