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After years of uncertainty, hospice M&A has reached a clear inflection point. Q4 2025 marked the strongest transaction volume since 2021, driven by premium platform deals that reset valuation benchmarks and restored buyer confidence. As interest rates ease and the valuation gap narrows, private equity is deploying capital more aggressively. According to Cory Mertz, buyers are back—but the bar for clinical integrity and compliance has never been higher.

The recap of Home-Based Care M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q4 2025!

Mertz Taggart follows the publicly traded home-based care companies and reports on their earnings calls each quarter. Take a closer look at the M&A activity that marked Q3 2025.

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q3 2025!

The recap of Home-Based Care M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q2 2025!

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q2 2025!

Mertz Taggart follows the publicly traded home-based care companies and reports on their earnings calls each quarter.

The recap of Home-Based Care M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q2 2025!

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q1 2025!

Mertz Taggart follows the publicly traded home-based care companies and reports on their earnings calls each quarter.

The recap of Home-Based Care M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q1 2025!

Mertz Taggart follows the publicly traded home-based care companies and reports on their earnings calls each quarter.

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q4 2024!

The recap of Home-Based Care M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q4 2024!

Mertz Taggart follows the publicly traded home-based care companies and reports on their earnings calls each quarter.

Deal volume across the behavioral healthcare sector continued to drop in the third quarter of 2024 to levels not seen since the onset of...

The recap of Home-Based Care M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q3 2024!

A total of 30 deals were reported in Q2, down by nearly a third from the 44 announced in the year’s first 3 months. Read the Q2 report now.

Mertz Taggart follows the publicly traded home-based care companies and reports on their earnings calls each quarter.

After a historically slow first quarter that saw only 13 total deals in the home-based care space. Read all the details in our M&A report.