Compassus Leans Into Embedded Health System Partnerships for Growth

Home health and hospice provider Compassus is pursuing a multi-pronged growth strategy encompassing de novo expansion, acquisitions, and joint ventures, with embedded partnerships with health systems a particular focus, according to Home Health Care News.

Chris Core, Compassus' senior vice president and chief growth officer, said joint venture relationships allow the company to "deliver outsized value" on behalf of health systems and service their local communities, describing efficiency from hospital discharge to post-acute follow-up as critical.

In Compassus' value-based enterprise model, company teams are embedded directly alongside a health system's case management team to identify patients needing post-acute follow-up as early as possible and coordinate discharge to appropriate community-based care.

The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company, backed by TowerBrook Capital Partners, has more than 10,000 employees and operates in 33 states. Core said the company maintains an active pipeline across all three growth levers, with de novo growth constrained by CMS moratoria on home health and hospice Medicare enrollment in effect through Nov. 13.

Compassus publicly supports the moratoria as part of CMS program integrity efforts, stating that providers committed to acting ethically should support temporary measures that help achieve a cleaner operating space. The company is selective about partners, prioritizing clinical quality and alignment on growth strategy.