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Amedisys Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Call Supplemental Slides 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Amedisys Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Call Supplemental Slides 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Amedisys Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Call Supplemental Slides 1 October 29, 2020 Forward-looking statements www.am edisys.com This presentation may include forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
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Forward-looking statements
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Q3 2020 Results
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Our Key Areas of Focus
Strategic areas of focus and progress made during Q3’20
- Hom e Health*:
Total same store admissions +5%, Total same store volume +6%
- Hospice:
Admissions +9%,
- Personal Care:
Billable hours / quarter -18% driven by impact of COVID-19 - turnover dropping into Q3 which will result in better ability to grow moving forward
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Organic Growth
- Quality: Amedisys
Oct’20 preview STARS score of 4.33 (SHP: 4.5 STARS)
- 95% of care centers
at 4+ Stars in the Oct’20 Preview
- 45 Amedisys care
centers rated at 5- Stars in the Oct’20 Preview
- Hospice quality –
- utperforming
industry average in all hospice item set (HIS) categories
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Clinical Initiatives
- Focusing on
- ptimizing RN /
LPN & PT / PTA staffing ratios.
- Current LPN
Ratio: 46.7% (vs. 40.6% in 3Q’19)
- Current PTA
Ratio: 49.6% (vs. 43.7% in 3Q’19)
- 100% of care centers
- n Medalogix Care
as of Aug. 2020
- Adjusted staffing
levels in June to reflect clinician mix shift and utilization
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Capacity and Productivity
- Aseracare
acquisition closed 6/ 1
- $235M
purchase price ($203M net of tax asset)
- 44 care centers
- 14 states
- $117M annual
revenue
- Technical
integration near complete
- $659 million
invested in Hospice segment since Feb. 2019
- 4 acquisitions
- ~6,000 ADC
- 106 care centers
- ~5,000
employees
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M&A
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Recruiting / Retention
- Targeting industry
leading employee retention amongst all employee categories
- Current total
voluntary turnover ~19%
- Focus on reduction
- f clinical turnover
with emphasis on “early exits”
*Note: Hom e Health sam e store volum e is defined as adm issions plus recertifications
- 2021 proposed
Home Health industry rule net +2.6% increase – final rule expected soon
- 2021 Final Hospice
industry rule net +2.4% increase (effective 10/ 1/ 20)
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Regulatory
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Highlights and Summary Financial Results (Adjusted): 3Q 2020(1)
Home Health total same store volume +6%, total same store admissions +5%; Hospice same store admissions +9%
Am edisys Consolidated
- Revenue Growth: +10%
- EBITDA: $76M (+33%)
- EBITDA Margin: 14% (+240 bps)
- EPS: $2.24 (+95%) - non-ca sh
com p ensa tion ta x b enefit = $0 .72
3Q’20
- Net debt: $261.3M
- Net Leverage ratio: 1.1x
- CFFO: $83.1M
- Free cash flow (4): $79.2M
- DSO: 40.0 (vs. Q4’19 of 40.9 and
down 2.0 days since Q2)
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
3Q’20
Sam e Store (2)(3) :
- Total Volume: +6%
- Total Admissions: +5%
Other Statistics:
- Revenue per Episode(6): $2,886
(+1.8%)
- Total Cost per Visit: $96.85 (+5.5%)
- Medicare Recert Rate: 36.9%
Hom e Health
Grow th Metrics (5):
- Billable hours/ quarter: -18%
- Clients served: -20%
Personal Care
Sam e Store Volum e (3):
- Admissions: +9%
- ADC: flat (ADC lags admits)
Other Statistics:
- Revenue per Day: $155.57
(+1.9%)
- Cost per day: $79.96 (+0.6%)
Hospice
3Q’20 3Q’20 3Q’20
Adjusted Financial Results (1)
3Q’20
1. The financial results for the three-m onth periods ended Septem ber 30, 2019 and Septem ber 30, 2020 are adjusted for certain item s and should be considered a non-GAAP financial m easure. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial m easures is included in the corresponding 8-K detailing quarterly results for each respective reporting period. 2. Sam e Store volum e – Includes adm issions and recertifications. 3. Effective July 1, 2019, sam e store is defined as care centers that w e have operated for at least the last 12 m onths and startups that are an expansion of a sam e store care center. 4. Free cash flow defined as cash flow from operations less routine capital expenditures and required debt repaym ents. 5. Includes acquisitions. 6. Medicare sequestration suspended 5/ 1/ 20
$ in Millions, except EPS 3Q19 3Q20 % Change Hom e Health 311.5 326.0 4.7% Hospice 162.4 199.7 23.0% Personal Care 20.7 18.4
- 11.1%
Total Revenue 49 4.6 $ 544.1 $ 10 .0 %
Gross Margin % 41.6% 45.0 %
Adjusted EBI TDA 56 .8 75.7 33.3%
- 11. 5 %
13 . 9 %
Adjusted EPS $ 1.15 $ 2.24 9 4.8 % Free cash flow (4) $ 44.8 $ 79 .2 76 .8 %
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OUR REVENUE SOURCES: 3Q’20
68.2% 11.2% 20.6% Hom e Health Revenue
Medicare FFS Private Episodic Per Visit
59.9% 36.7% 3.4% Am edisys Consolidated Revenue
Home Health Hospice Personal Care
- Medicare FFS: Reimbursed over a 30-day
period of care
- Private Episodic: MA and Commercial plans
who reimburse us over a 30-day period of care. Generally at rates ~90% – 100% of Medicare
- Per Visit: Managed care, Medicaid and private
payors reimbursing us per visit performed
94.7% 5.3% Hospice Revenue
Medicare FFS Private
Hospice Per Day Reim bursem ent:
- Routine Care: Patient at home with
symptoms controlled ~9 7% of the Hospice care AMED provides, in line with overall hospice industry provision of care
- Continuous Care: Patient at home with
uncontrolled symptoms
- Inpatient Care: Patient in facility with
uncontrolled symptoms
- Respite Care: Patient at facility with
symptoms controlled
- Hom e Health: 320 care centers; 33 states & DC
- Hospice: 182 care centers; 35 states
- Personal Care: 14 care centers; 3 states
- Total AMED: 516 care centers; 39 states
and D.C.
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Home Health and Hospice Segment (Adjusted) – 3Q 2020(1)
- Revenue per Episode up 1.8% (sequestration suspension benefit
$5M)
- Y/ Y CPV up +$5.08 (+5.5%, raises effective 8/ 1, health insurance,
increase in use of contractors, change in visit mix and lower visit volumes)
- Visits per Episode decreased 2.5
Hom e Health Highlights
- Same store admit growth +9%
- Net revenue per day +1.9% (sequestration suspension benefit
$3M, excluding acquisitions)
- ~$1.1M cap expense for 3Q
- Q3’20 Acquisition Contribution:
- Revenue: $33M
- Segment EBITDA: $4.2M ($2.1M net of corporate)
Hospice Highlights
1. The financial results for the three-m onth periods ended Septem ber 30, 2019 and Septem ber 30, 2020 are adjusted for certain item s and should be considered a non-GAAP financial m easure. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial m easures is included in the corresponding 8-K detailing quarterly results for each respective reporting period. 2. Pre-Corporate EBITDA does not include any corporate G&A expenses. 3. Sam e store inform ation represents the percent change in volum e or adm issions for the period as a percent of the volum e or adm issions of the prior period. 4. Effective July 1, 2019, sam e store is defined as care centers that w e have operated for at least the last 12 m onths and startups that are an expansion of a sam e store care center. 5. Average Medicare revenue per com pleted episode for the three-m onth period ended Septem ber 30, 2020 reflects the suspension of sequestration effective May 1, 2020.
Home Health total volume growth +6%; Hospice Admit Growth +9%
$ in Millions 3Q19 3Q20 Medicare 211.5 222.2 Non-Medicare 100.0 103.8 H om e H ealth Revenue $ 311.5 $ 326 .0
Gross Margin % 39.4% 45.4%
Pre-Corporate EBI TDA (2) $ 47.1 $ 6 9 .5
15.1% 21.3%
Operating Statistics Sam e Store Growth (3 )(4 ) Total Volum e 6% 6% Total Adm issions 9% 5% Medicare Revenue per Episode (5 ) $2,836 $2,886 Medicare Recert Rate 36.5% 36.9% Total Cost per visit $91.77 $96.85 H OME H EALTH $ in Millions 3Q19 3Q20 Medicare 153.5 189.0 Non-Medicare 8.9 10.7 H ospice Revenue $ 16 2.4 $ 19 9 .7
Gross Margin % 47.9% 48.6%
Pre-Corporate EBI TDA (2) $ 42.2 $ 49 .3
26.0% 24.7%
Operating Statistics Adm it growth - sam e store (4 ) 4% 9% ADC growth - sam e store (4 ) 5% 0% ADC 11,565 13,953
- Avg. discharge length of stay
98 101 Revenue per day (net) $152.67 $155.57 Cost per day $79.49 $79.96 H OSPI CE
8 $ in Millions 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 Hom e Health Segm ent - Total 75.6 76 .3 75.8 71.3 78 .6 % of HH Revenue 24.3% 24.1% 25.0% 24.6% 24.1% Hospice Segm ent - Total 35.6 37.8 38 .7 40 .4 47.8 % of HSP Revenue 21.9% 23.0% 22.9% 22.8% 23.9% Personal Care Segm ent - Total 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.0 % of PC Revenue 14.6% 14.9% 17.5% 17.5% 16.4% Total Corporate Expenses 35.9 36 .6 36 .6 36 .6 46 .2 % of Total Revenue 7.3% 7.3% 7.5% 7.5% 8.5% Total 150 .1 153.7 154.4 151.4 175.7 % of Total Revenue 30.3% 30.7% 31.4% 31.2% 32.3%
General & Administrative Expenses – Adjusted (1,2)
Notes:
- Year over year total G&A as a percentage of revenue increased 20 0 basis points ($26 m illion)
- Year over year G&A increase due to our acquisitions (~$11M), raises, incentive accruals, higher health insurance costs,
and investments related to PDGM, partially offset by lower travel and training spend
- G&A for our Hospice and Corporate segments include $9.3M and $2.1M, respectively, from acquisitions
- Total G&A as a percentage of revenue increased 110 bps sequentially
1. The financial results for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019, March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020 are adjusted for certain items and should be considered a non-GAAP financial measure. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures is included in the corresponding 8-K detailing quarterly results for each respective reporting period. 2. Adjusted G&A expenses do not include depreciation and amortization.
Impacted by COVID-19, acquisitions, incentive compensation costs, and investments to drive volume growth
30.3% 30.7% 31.4% 31.2% 32.3%
28.0% 30.0% 32.0% 34.0% 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20
Total G&A as a Percent of Revenue
G&A as a Percent of Revenue
3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 Salary and Benefits 20.8 20.9 20.0 21.0 26.2 Other 10.9 11.4 12.4 11.0 15.2
- Corp. G&A Subtotal
31.7 32.3 32.4 32.0 41.5 Non-cash com p 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.7 Adjusted Corporate G&A 35.9 36 .6 36 .6 36 .6 46 .2
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Com ponents 3Q19 2Q’20 3Q’20 YoY Variance Detail Initiatives Salaries $63.24 $63.03 $64.81 $1.57 YoY increase due to planned wage increases, shift in visit mix and fixed costs (training, PTO, etc.) on lower visits, partially offset by optimization
- f discipline mix.
Sequential increase due to the same drivers, partially offset by a lesser impact of planned wage increases and an additional holiday in Q3. Staffing mix optimization, productivity and scheduling improvement initiatives in place to help overcome salary increases Contractors $2.83 $3.05 $3.69 $0.86 YOY and Sequential increase driven by additional staffing needs due to COVID-19 Focused efforts on filling positions with full-time clinicians Benefits $11.14 $10.20 $12.59 $1.45 YoY and Sequential increase primarily due to health insurance with COVID related cost shift to Q3 Focus on cost containment and spend optimization with specific focus on high cost claims Transportation & Supplies $6.47 $6.89 $6.85 $0.38 *Visiting Clinician CPV $8 3.68 $8 3.17 $8 7.94 $4 .26 Clinical Managers $8.09 $9.27 $8.91 $0.82 Fixed cost associated with non-visiting clinicians and planned wage increases: YOY increase driven by lower visit volumes Unit cost reduced as volume increases Total CPV $91.77 $92.44 $96.85 $5.08
Operational Excellence: Home Health Cost Per Visit (CPV)-Adjusted
YOY Total CPV impacted by planned wage increases and lower volumes resulting from COVID-19
*Note: Direct com parison w ith industry com petitors CPV calculation
$25.00 $50.00 $75.00 $100.00 3Q19 2Q20 3Q20
Cost Per Visit (CPV)
Salaries Contractors Benefits Transportation
$83.68 $83.17 $87.94
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Driving Top Line Growth
Growth in all three lines of business impacted by COVID-19 but recovering
6 % 4 % 1%
- 2%
6 %
- 3.0%
- 1.0%
1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 7.0% 9.0% 50,000 100,000 150,000 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 Volume YoY Same Store Growth
Home Health Total Volume Hospice ADC
5% 8 % 4 % 0 % 0 % 4 % 1% 1%
- 1%
9 %
- 1.0%
1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 7.0% 9.0% 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20
YoY SS ADC Growth YoY SS Admit Growth
Personal Care Total Hours / Quarter
200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 Billable Hours
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Industry Leading Quality Scores
Note: Top Com petitor Avg w eighted by CCN count and includes LHC, Kindred, AFAM, EHC and BKD
Metric OCT 19 Release JAN 20 Release APR 20 Release Oct 20 PREVIEW Quality of Patient Care 4.28 4.27 4.26
4.33
Entities at 4 + Stars 8 8 % 8 6 % 8 6 % 9 2% Metric JUL 19 Release OCT 19 Release JAN 20 Release APR 20 Release Patient Satisfaction Star 3.87 3.97 3.71
3.8 0
Perform ance Over Industry +6% +6% +6% +6%
Quality of Patient Care (QPC) Patient Satisfaction (PS)
- Amedisys maintains a 4-Star average in the Oct 2020 HHC preview with 92% of our providers (representing 95% of
care centers) at 4 + Stars and 6 1% of our providers (representing 65% of care centers) at 4.5+ Stars
- 26 Am edisys providers (representing 45 care centers) rated at 5-Stars in the Oct 20 20 HHC preview.
CMS will provide an Oct 20 20 HHC release. After this, CMS will hold the data constant (i.e., freeze the data) until the Jan 20 22 HHC release.
4.33
QPC Industry Performance
Amedisys Other QPC Industry Avg QPC Top Competitor 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50
PS Industry Performance
Amedisys PS Score PS Industry Avg PS Top Competitor
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Hospice Quality: Amedisys Hospice Continues to Move Towards Best-in-Class
Hospice Quality
Hospice Com pare HIS and CAHPS reporting currently “frozen” and will resum e reporting in Feb 20 22
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Debt and Liquidity Metrics
~Net leverage ~1.1x
1. Net debt defined as total debt outstanding ($314.2M) less cash ($52.9M). 2. Leverage ratio (net) is defined as net debt divided by last twelve months adjusted EBITDA ($247.6M). 3. Liquidity defined as the sum of cash balance and available revolving line of credit. 4. Cash per 9/30/20 10-Q less Provider relief fund advance (~$60M)
Total Debt Outstanding 314.2 Less: Deferred Debt Issuance Costs (2.9) Total Debt - Balance Sheet 311.3 Total Debt Outstanding 314.2 Less Cash (4) (52.9) Net Debt (1) 26 1.3 Leverage Ratio (net) (2) 1.1 Term Loan 175.0 Revolver Size 550.0 Borrowing Capacity 725.0 Revolver Size 550.0 Oustanding Revolver (145.0) Letters of Credit (28.8) Available Revolver 376 .2 Plus Cash (4) 52.9 Total Liquidity (3) 429 .1 As of: 9 / 30 / 20 Credit Facility Outstanding Debt As of: 9 / 30 / 20
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Cash Flow Statement Highlights (1)
Q2 and Q3 include benefit of payroll tax deferral (COVID-19 relief) of approximately $20 and $18M
1. Free cash flow defined as cash flow from operations less routine capital expenditures and required debt repayments.
$ in Million s 3 Q19 4 Q19 1Q2 0 2 Q2 0 3 Q2 0 GAAP Net In com e 3 4 .3 2 8 .0 3 2 .0 3 5.1 7 2 .4 Ch an ges in wor kin g capital (17 .2 ) 3 3 .8 (4 7 .5) 7 1.3 (2 4 .8 ) Depr eciation an d am or tization 4 .4 6 .0 5.3 6 .3 8 .3 Non -cash com pen sation , in clu des 4 0 1(k) m atch expen se 9 .2 9 .6 9 .2 6 .7 7 .1 Defer r ed in com e taxes 11.9 (4 .3 ) 1.2 (5.3 ) 1.3 Oth er 4 .9 2 .1 5.8 19 .8 18 .8 Ca sh flow from opera t ion s 4 7 .5 7 5 .2 6 .0 13 3 .9 8 3 .1 Capital expen ditu r es - r ou tin e (1.2 ) (1.0 ) (1.2 ) (0 .3 ) (1.2 ) Requ ir ed debt r epay m en ts (1.5) (1.8 ) (1.6 ) (3 .1) (2 .7 ) Free ca sh flow 4 4 .8 7 2 .4 3 .2 13 0 .5 7 9 .2 Ca pit a l Deploy m en t Acqu isition s
- (6 9 .3 )
(2 3 0 .4 )
- Tot a l
- (6 9 .3 )
2 3 0 .4
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Income Statement Adjustments (1)
1. The financial results for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019, March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020 are adjusted for certain items and should be considered a non-GAAP financial measure. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures is included in the corresponding 8-K detailing quarterly results for each respective reporting period. 2. Planned closures consist of in-patient units acquired from Compassionate Care Hospice whose operations ceased in April 2019. $ 0 0 0 s In com e St a t em en t Lin e It em 3 Q19 4 Q19 1Q2 0 2 Q2 0 3 Q2 0 Rev en u e Con tin gen cy accr u al Net Ser v ice Rev en u e
- $
- $
- $
- $
- $
Plan n ed closu r es (2 ) Net Ser v ice Rev en u e
- 6
- Ot h er Opera t in g In com e
CARES Act & State COVID-19 gr an ts Oth er Oper atin g In com e
- (2 2 ,7 8 0 )
(4 ,8 12 ) Cost of Serv ice Plan n ed closu r es (2 ) Cost of Ser v ice, Exclu din g Depr eciation & Am or tization 15 2
- COVID-19 costs
Cost of Ser v ice, Exclu din g Depr eciation & Am or tization
- 1,0 17
2 1,9 9 3 4 ,3 8 9 Sev er an ce - r edu ction in staffin g lev els Cost of Ser v ice, Exclu din g Depr eciation & Am or tization
- 5,18 3
(550 ) G&A Plan n ed closu r es (2 ) G&A, Salar ies an d ben efits
- 2
- Acqu isition an d in tegr ation costs
G&A, Salar ies an d ben efits 1,10 5 2 7 3 6 6 2 2 ,0 9 5 1,2 6 7 Sev er an ce - r edu ction in staffin g lev els G&A, Salar ies an d ben efits
- 2 7 1
- COVID-19 costs
G&A, Salar ies an d ben efits
- 2 2 4
4 4 Plan n ed closu r es (2 ) G&A, Oth er 2 8
- Acqu isition an d in tegr ation costs
G&A, Oth er 3 ,0 3 6 1,4 4 5 1,6 7 4 1,50 4 2 ,3 59 Legal fees - n on -r ou tin e G&A, Oth er 3 9 7 6 0 4
- COVID-19 costs
G&A, Oth er
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8 2 7 2 7 8 Ot h er It em s Asset im pair m en t Asset im pair m en t
- 1,4 7 0
- Legal settlem en ts
Total oth er (expen se) in com e, n et (1,4 3 7 )
- In ter est com pon en t of cer tain item s
In ter est expen se 4 51 4 51 4 4 6 4 4 6 558 Oth er (in com e) expen se, n et Total oth er (expen se) in com e, n et 1,4 9 3 3 6 5 2 2 5 3 ,550 (3 9 ) Tot a l 5 ,0 8 8 $ 4 ,6 18 $ 4 ,0 3 6 $ 13 ,3 13 $ 3 ,4 9 4 $ EPS Im pa ct 0 .11 $ 0 .10 $ 0 .0 9 $ 0 .3 0 $ 0 .0 8 $
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2020 Guidance Update
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Amedisys 2020 Updated Guidance Ranges
Note:
- Ad justed num b ers a re ex-CARES Act fund s
- *EPS: Inclusiv e of $0 .72 incom e ta x b enefit rela ted to executiv e stock op tion
exercise
Increased Revenue, EBITDA and EPS guidance ranges for FY 2020
20 20 Original Guidance 20 20 Reinstated Guidance
Revenue $2,115M – $2,160M $2,040M - $2,070M Adjusted EBITDA $250M – $260M $245M - $255M Adjusted Earnings per Share $4.90 – $5.13 $4.84 - $5.06 20 20 Updated Guidance $2,067M - $2,072M $269M - $272M $6.02 - $6.08*
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Reimbursement Outlook
Reimbursement Impact for Home Health and Hospice
Hom e Health Hospice
20 20
Final Rule (PDGM – Behavioral Assumptions) (4.36%) Estim a ted AMED-Sp ecific Im p a ct (2.8%)
20 20 *
Market Basket Update 3.0% Productivity / Other Adjustment (0.4) Estimated Industry Impact +2.6% Estim a ted AMED-Sp ecific Im p a ct +~0 .5%
Note: AMED im p a ct d iffers from ind ustry d ue to p a tient m ix, referra l m ix a nd footp rint *Hosp ice ra te increa se effectiv e Octob er 1, 20 19 – m a jority of ra te increa se w ill b e p a ssed throug h to g enera l inp a tient & resp ite fa cilities resulting in a ~(0 .5%) red uction in g ross m a rg in p ercenta g e Proposed FY’21 Hom e Health Rule 20 21
Estim ated Industry Im pact +2.6 %
Final FY’21 Hospice Rule 20 21
Estim ated Industry Im pact (Effectiv e 10 / 1/ 20 20 ) +2.4 %
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Our Path Forward: 2021 & Beyond
20 21 & Beyond – The Future Is Very Bright for AMED
- Entering 2021 with all PDGM cost levers in place
- Continued strategic acquisitions of Home Health and Hospice assets – Home Health market share
absorption strategy delayed until early 2021 due to CARES Act funds
- FY 2021 Proposed Home Health rule: +2.6%
- FY 2021 Final Hospice rule: +2.4%
- FY 2021 – EBITDA contribution from CCH and AseraCare
- Integration and optimization of AseraCare asset
- Previously acquired Hospice assets performing near legacy AMED growth and profitability
- Continued industry consolidation
- New referral sources and market share opportunities from SNF@Home
- Continued expansion of Medicare Advantage “gain share” arrangements