Consolidation in the home health market has been forecasted for years. While the amount of home health agencies has declined over the last couple of years, larger consolidation has yet to hit the industry. But the fragmented and growing home health space could finally begin to experience it in the near-term future, likely due to declining traditional Medicare payment rates and a growing Medicare Advantage population. Those factors are troublesome for almost all home health providers, but they also offer M&A opportunity, Home Health Care News reports. Read more.
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