M&A transactions up 70% in Q4. Mertz Taggart completes four in-home care transactions. After months of M&A uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 ended on a welcomed high note. Overall, there were at least 51 home health, home care, and hospice transactions in the fourth quarter of 2020, the latest data from Mertz Taggart shows. That’s 22 more than in Q3 2020 — and the most deals in any individual quarter over the last three years. “Deal volume started to recove

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–December 22, 2020 — Dallas-based AccentCare and Rosemont, Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care (Seasons), along with Advent International, the private equity sponsor of AccentCare, announced today they have finalized an agreement to combine their two organizations to better meet the growing needs for their services. The duo announced the intent to merge last month, and plan to move forward with a thoughtful integration now that the merger i

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Traditions Health, LLC (“Traditions”), a national hospice and home health provider, announced that it has acquired Centennial Hospice (“Centennial”), a provider of hospice services in Oklahoma. The acquisition of Centennial strengthens Traditions’ leading presence in the Oklahoma City market. Kevin Offel, the President and CEO of Centennial who will be taking on a regional leadership role for Traditions post-transaction, re

Readying your agency when an acquisition is underway. The COVID-19 public health emergency has had a profound impact on the health care sector, particularly in post-acute care. As home-based care providers experienced a range of disruptions, including census dips, and as banks paused on financing new deals to assess the impact of the pandemic, M&A activity cooled off. During the second quarter of 2020, for instance, there were only 18 transactions across home health, hospice,