Hospice News July 29, 2022
Hospices considering a sale should not underestimate their value proposition by limiting their focus on revenues and margins.
With hospice M&A staying hot, a host of operational and financial pressures — coupled with record-high valuations in the space — has driven a range of providers to consider selling. While a healthy balance sheet is critical to those negotiations, that’s not where a hospices’ financial value begins and ends.
Compared to starting a hospice from scratch, an acquisition can give buyers some advantages, according to Mark Sharp, partner at accounting and advisory firm FORVIS.
“If hospices are looking for the exit because they’re struggling and they’re ready to close their doors, do not negate the value of being Medicare-certified,” Sharp told...
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