The post-acute care sector, with a focus on home health and hospice, continues to attract high levels of interest from investors due to organic growth opportunities and consolidation drivers. This is the case despite recent reimbursement changes affecting home health agencies that have been brought on by value-based care models implemented by the Medicare program, according to experts who spoke on a panel at the 17th Annual Healthcare Private Equity & Finance Conference in Chicago on February 19, 2020. The experts’ discussion highlighted current market conditions and trends for acquisitions in the post-acute space, attractive subsectors and markets for investments, and preliminary reactions to the implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), the newest government reimbursement scheme for home health agencies.
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Source: https://www.thehealthcareinvestor.com/2020/04/articles/healthcare-services-investing/what-investors-should-understand-about-investments-in-hospice-home-health-and-the-broader-post-acute-sector-3-key-points