Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) is a leading healthcare provider that offers Medicare-certified skilled home health and hospice services in the United States. The company operates in two segments: Home Health and Hospice, providing services to adult patients needing care, including skilled nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, medical social work, and home health aide services. Enhabit's hospice services include in-home services to terminally ill patients and their families to address patients' physical needs, including pain control and symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support.
Enhabit operates home health agencies in approximately 34 states, with a concentration in the southern half of the United States. As of March 31, 2022, Enhabit operates in 252 home health agencies and 99 hospice agencies across 34 states. Enhabit provides practices to treat chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, spinal stenosis, low vision, Parkinson's disease, complex wound care, osteoporosis, and chronic pain, along with disease-specific plans for patients with diabetes, post-orthopedic surgery or injury, congestive heart failure, and respiratory diseases.
Enhabit started as HealthSouth, founded in 1984 by Beam Scrushy and Richard Scrushy. In the early 2000s, the company restructured and rebranded into Encompass Health after being caught up in an accounting scandal. In Q2 of 2022, Enhabit, the healthcare and hospice division, became an independent public company, having completed its spinoff from Encompass Health Corporation.
Barb Jacobsmeyer was named President and CEO of Enhabit Home Health & Hospice in June 2021. Jacobsmeyer came to Enhabit from Encompass Health, where she served as the company's executive vice president of operations.
In Q3 of 2022, Enhabit, Inc. announced the acquisition of Caring Hearts Hospice, a locally-owned hospice agency in Texas. The acquisition adds four hospice locations in Texas to Enhabit's existing presence in the state. Ehnabit continues to expand, setting aside approximately one hundred million dollars to fund future mergers and acquisitions.
Enhabit, Inc. is committed to providing high-quality care and service to patients and their families, and its success is a testament to its dedicated team of healthcare professionals. Enhabit is well-positioned to meet the growing demand for healthcare services in the United States as a leading home health and hospice service provider. With its focus on patient care and commitment to excellence, Enhabit is poised to continue to grow and succeed in the years ahead.
Enhabit's commitment to quality care has not gone unnoticed, as they have received numerous awards and recognitions for their services. In 2021, they were named a HomeCare Elite Top Agency for the 15th year. This recognition is given to the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. They have also received a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their home health services, indicating their high quality and patient satisfaction.
Enhabit's success can be attributed to its skilled and compassionate staff and dedication to providing comprehensive and individualized patient care. Enhabit also recognizes the importance of emotional and spiritual support for their patients and their families, particularly in hospice care. Their hospice services include pain and symptom management, spiritual counseling, palliative and dietary counseling, social worker visits, and bereavement counseling services to meet terminally ill patients and their families' individual physical, spiritual, emotional, and psychosocial needs.
