Home Health & Hospice Week
LHC, Almost Family Merge
Market consolidation on a large scale announced. Two of the original "Big Four" publicly traded home care companies soon will become one, pending shareholder and regulatory approval. Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group Inc. and Louisville, Kentucky-based Almost Family Inc. "have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction," the companies say in a release. The combined company will have 781 locations in 36 states with more than 31,000 employees and revenue of $1.8 billion. The company will have 76 joint venture partners that represent 336 hospitals, LHC CEO Keith Myers said in an email message sent to employees Nov. 16 and shared with Eli. When the transaction closes, LHC Group shareholders will own 58.5 percent and Almost Family shareholders will own 41.5 percent of the combined company, according to the release. Leadership: Myers will become CEO of the combined company, which will retain LHC's name and will trade under LHC's stock ticker. Almost Family CEO William Yarmuth will become a "special advisor" and AF President Steve Guenthner will become chief strategy officer.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
2018 Final Rule Ramps Up HH QRP Burden, Despite Dropped OASIS Items
Section GG to expand. Get ready to put some serious resources into OASIS education and [...] - Quality:
Say Hello To 7 New Quality Measures In Next Few Years
Protests against falls measure fell short. While pressing concerns ranging from new Conditions of Participation [...] - Quality:
Brace For New Quality Measures To Come In These Areas
Cognitive function measures are on the horizon. Home health agencies may have gotten a reprieve [...] - Regulations:
Find OASIS, HH QRP Changes Here
Use this handy change table Medicare provides. Confused about which OASIS and HH QRP requirements [...] - OASIS:
2018 Is The Last Year You Must Collect These OASIS Data Items
Data Items Caution: Some items will be only partially gone. The Centers for Medicare & [...] - Survey & Certification:
Be Ready To Jump On Subunit Conversion Instructions
Converted subunit surveys to get bumped up. Home health agencies hoping Medicare would give them [...] - Compliance:
Are You Covering These 6 HR Bases?
Tip: 50 or more employees means FMLA applies to you. You may have a very [...] - Make The Most Of Your Eli's Home Care Week Subscription
You have more than a decade's worth of information on a multitude of home health [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
LHC, Almost Family Merge
Market consolidation on a large scale announced. Two of the original "Big Four" publicly traded [...] - Industry Note:
Wait A Bit Longer For Hospice Compare Update
New data refresh bumped to next month. Hospices aren't the only ones having adjustment difficulties [...] - Industry Note:
Pharma Exec New HHS Secretary Nominee
Following Tom Price's resignation as Department of Health & Human Services Secretary, President Trump has [...] - Industry Note:
Heed New Therapy Cap
For home health agencies that furnish outpatient Part B therapy in the home, therapy caps [...] - Industry Note:
Diabetes Program Expands
Your patients might benefit from a provision in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule [...] - Industry Note:
11-State Chain Makes Buy
The Ensign Group's home health and hospice subsidiary, Cornerstone Healthcare Inc., has acquired the assets [...] - Industry Note:
Agency Faces $4.5M Repay
Personal Touch Home Care of Ohio owes the state $4.5 million in Medicaid overpayments, Ohio [...] - Industry Note:
Prep For Electronic NOEs
The Jan. 2 start date for submitting Notices of Election electronically is getting closer, and [...]
