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HYDE PARK CAPITAL
Investment Banking |Mergers & Acquisitions |Capital Raising
“Research suggests that roughly 15 to 40 percent of
additional Medicare FFS and MA spending for
primary care, outpatient consults, urgent care,
hospice, and outpatient services could be delivered
at home.”
“Failure to accelerate the transition of care to
value-based models achieving quality outcomes and
better experiences at lower costs and expanding
access to virtual and in-home care, could result in
competitive disadvantages and loss of market
share.”
•Major players in the healthcare industry have undertaken
acquisitions of home health companies to expand their domestic
presence, capitalize on scale, and provide effective treatment
over the entire continuum of care. CVS’s recent $8 billion
acquisition of Signify, along with UHG’s $3.3 billion acquisition of
Amedisys and $5.4 billion acquisition of LHC group, represent the
magnitude of this trend and the desire of the major operators to
provide services from insurance and preventative care through
the end-of-life care phase.
Public strategics in the space have bounced back in terms of
both stock performance and M&A activity thus far in 2023. The
HPC Home Health Index saw a 24.1% stock price increase over
the 12 months from July 2022 to July 2023. Deal activity has also
rebounded, exemplified by Addus and Pennant Group each
making multiple home health acquisitions since January.
Financial sponsors continue to be active in the home health
market, a trend that is likely to continue as an estimated 25% of
total care services is expected to shift from traditional facilities
to the home by 2025. Court Square’s acquisition of Team Select
Home Care (previously backed by Tenex Capital) shows a
positive sign for deals of size and scale.
Considering the above points, along with falling inflation rates
and capital that needs to be deployed in the PE-backed space,
the outlook is bright for the home health market in the second
half of 2023.
Sources: Home Health Care News; McKinsey & Company, United Health Group 10-K
HPC Insights
“The underpinning demand, the forces for that
demand haven’t changed... There are sound reasons
to anticipate an increase in M&A activity toward the
back end of the third quarter through the fourth
quarter.”
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