With the hospice mergers and acquisitions market showing no sign of slowing down, providers with high performance on quality measures, scale and size are anticipated to attract investors’ eyes, Hospice News reports. Even as strategic, private equity and non-traditional buyers continue to snap up hospices, those providers are themselves increasingly investing in more diversified assets, such as home health or personal care companies.
Hospice has been riding high in terms of investor interest and valuations, outpacing other health care sectors throughout the last several years running. The number of transactions involving a hospice or home health asset rose 16% during a 12-month period ending May 15, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
