Jan 14, 2021 | Insights Series, Quarterly Reports, Uncategorized
M&A transactions up 70% in Q4. Mertz Taggart completes four in-home care transactions. After months of M&A uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 ended on a welcomed high note. Overall, there were at least 51 home health, home care, and hospice...
Jan 13, 2021 | Insights Series, Quarterly Reports, Uncategorized
A steady second half of 2020 bodes well for 2021. Behavioral health M&A remained steadily active in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a total of 27 transactions, according to the latest data from M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. Announcements in addiction treatment led...
Dec 18, 2020 | Insights Series, Latest Articles
If you followed the home health, hospice and home care M&A in 2020, you saw a little bit of everything. For the very early part of this year, most buyers and sellers hit the pause button on dealmaking to observe how the COVID-19 pandemic would impact post-acute care...
Dec 12, 2020 | Insights Series, Latest Articles
While the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have the nation’s full attention, it’s not the only public health emergency taking American lives at an alarming rate. Amid the coronavirus, drug abuse — a deadly years-long problem for the country — is also on the rise. Isolation,...
Dec 8, 2020 | Home Health Index, Insights Series, Latest Articles
The past year has been unusual — to say the least — and the home health and hospice M&A landscape is no exception. While the hospice industry has continued to count strong deal numbers over the course of 2020, home health and home care have fallen far behind in their...
Oct 27, 2020 | Insights Series, Quarterly Reports, Uncategorized
Transactions Rebound as Providers Find ‘New Normal’ The second quarter of 2020 saw the lowest number of home health, home care, and hospice transactions since the end of 2017. That sudden downturn was not a surprise, as the COVID-19 pandemic threw cold water on...