Issue #11                                                                                                               May 28, 2014
Kindred Healthcare launches hostile takeover bid for Gentiva Health Services
by Stephen Tweed

Louisville, Kentucky based Kindred Healthcare yesterday (5-15-14) announced a bid to buy all of the outstanding shares of common stock of home health giant Gentiva Health Services.  This comes after a merger offer by Kindred was rejected by Atlanta based Gentiva's board of directors.  This value of the purchase, including assumption of Gentiva's debt, would be $1.6 billion according to Kindred.
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Join Stephen Tweed at the Iowa Alliance in Home Care Annual Convention (June 26, 2014) in Des Moines, Iowa

IAHC's Annual Conference "Home Care: Change is at the Door" will be on June 25-26, 2014 and Stephen will be presenting three times on June 26th, once as the keynote and then in two breakout sessions.  You can download the complete conference agenda here.  IAHC would love to have you join them for this dynamic convention...even if you're not in Iowa!  Register here.
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