secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Addus HomeCare Corp (ADUS)
CIK:        0001468328
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-13T20:16:07+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-027682
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Addus HomeCare COO Heather Dixon departs; Brad Bickham returns as interim COO
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- Heather Dixon, President and COO, left the company on August 7, 2026.
- W. Bradley Bickham appointed interim COO effective August 10, 2026, for a term ending July 31, 2027.
- Bickham's employment agreement provides $622,000 annualized base salary plus fixed bonuses.
- Bickham previously served as Addus COO from March 2021 to September 2025 and as CEO advisor since then.
- CEO Dirk Allison thanked Dixon and cited Bickham's operational depth for seamless transition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468328/000143774926027682/0001437749-26-027682-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468328/000143774926027682/adus20260813_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-027682

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