Private equity firms including Advent International and companies including Aveanna Healthcare Holdings have expressed interest in acquiring the home health and hospice business of Encompass Health, Reuters reports, citing people familiar with the matter.
Encompass, which provides post-acute healthcare services, said in October that it planned to spin off the business, called Enhabit, in the first half of 2022. Last month the Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it was open to the separation happening through a sale or a merger. Read more.