Hospice News April 21, 2020
The first quarter of 2020 has borne out the expectation that the COVID_19 pandemic would have little impact on hospice mergers and acquisitions, at least in the short term. Close to 15 M&A transactions occurred during Q1.
This slightly exceeds the 14 transactions that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2019 and beats the total of eight transactions that took place during the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report from the post-acute M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart.
“There are some very real challenges on the horizon right now, but there’s still ample interest in quality home health, hospice and home care assets,” Mertz Taggart Managing Partner Cory Mertz said. “Continued support, though possibly more cautious than...