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Selling a Home Health Agency in Central Ohio

Home health and home care agencies keep drawing buyers as the population ages. They also get some of the closest diligence of any company we see.

Columbus Business Brokers Desk explains what buyers check first in a Central Ohio agency.

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What a buyer checks first

  1. Payer mix: Medicare, Medicaid, private pay, insurance
  2. Certifications and whether they can transfer
  3. Caregiver turnover and how hard hiring is
  4. Where new clients come from
  5. Results of recent surveys and audits
  6. Billing records and any repayment requests

Medical Home Health and Non Medical Home Care Sell Differently

A skilled home health agency that bills Medicare is a different business from a non medical home care agency that helps with daily living. Buyers price them differently and look at different records.

Skilled agencies face heavier oversight and sometimes slower closings. Non medical agencies are simpler to transfer but rely more on private pay and on keeping caregivers.

Will My Certifications Go With the Sale?

This is the first question a buyer's attorney will ask. Medicare and Medicaid participation, state certifications and payer contracts each have their own rules when ownership changes.

Some move with a stock sale and not with an asset sale. Some require notice or approval. Work out the answer with a healthcare attorney before you go to market, because it shapes the whole deal.

In healthcare, a buyer prices your paperwork almost as closely as your profit.

Caregivers Are the Real Inventory

An agency can only serve the clients it can staff. Buyers ask how many active caregivers you have, how long they stay, and how much it costs to hire each one.

Low turnover means steadier revenue and lower costs. If you've built a team that sticks around, show the numbers.

A large staff also means sizable workers' comp and unemployment accounts. The guides to the BWC account transfer and the unemployment account transfer explain what follows the business in Ohio.

Referral Sources and Payer Mix

Where do new clients come from? Hospitals, physician offices, senior living communities and word of mouth all count. Buyers want several sources, not one discharge planner who happens to like you.

Payer mix matters as much. Private pay usually carries better margins. Medicaid waiver work can be steady but is tied to state rates.

Compliance History Gets Read Line by Line

Expect buyers to review survey results, billing audits, any repayment requests and how you handled them. Problems that were fixed and documented are far less damaging than ones that surface late.

Gather those records before you list. Our page on what your company is worth covers how risk changes the multiple.

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