Employee Satisfaction Has Direct Impact on Bottom Line in Skilled Nursing

A recent survey found a strong correlation between employee satisfaction and resident engagement — which in turn boosts referrals. That means that engaging employees can be a path to better returns on investment. “The happier the employees, the happier the residents, the better the money,” Todd Schmiedeler of Trilogy Health Services said at a Wednesday […]

New Bill Before Congress Could Mitigate Skilled Nursing Staffing Woes

Legislation introduced late last month would give the government greater flexibility in reinstating training programs offered by providers, even when the skilled nursing facilities have been hit with a civil monetary penalty (CMP). At present, if a SNF receives a civil monetary penalty greater than $10,000, that facility is automatically banned from doing any certified […]

Skilled Providers Can No Longer Be Independent Players, Executives Believe

A majority of skilled nursing and seniors housing executives believe skilled nursing providers can no longer be independent players in the post-acute care continuum — and almost 20% see integration as a necessity. According to a survey conducted by real estate lending, investment, and advisory company Greystone and administered by Marc Zimmet of Zimmet Healthcare Services […]

Nursing Care Costs Rise Most Among All Long-Term Settings

The annual median cost of care for a private room in a nursing home hit $100,375, marking the biggest increase across all long-term care settings over the last five years. That’s according to the 15th annual Genworth Cost of Care Survey, which contacted more than 49,000 long-term care providers across the U.S. to complete 15,000 […]

Ohio SNF Sells for $1.7M; Pittsburgh SNF Gets $19.5M Bridge Financing

Dayton, Ohio, Skilled Nursing Sells for Almost $1.7M The Forest View Care and Rehabilitation Center in Dayton, Ohio, was sold for almost $1.7 million, WHIO-TV reported on Oct. 11, citing property records. The facility was sold to Forestview Propco LLC by Sabra Health Vcare, according to the records. Forestview Propco has a Chagrin Falls, Ohio mailing address. Another nursing facility in […]

Gulf Between Nursing Shortage, Surplus to Expand by 2030

In two years, California is projected to be short almost 45,000 registered nurses (RNs), while Florida will have a surplus of almost 54,000. By 2030, the numbers get even starker; the number of RNs needed in the U.S. will be 3.6 million, according to data from RegisteredNursing.org, but pain will still depend on where you […]

Adapt or Shut Down: How Smaller, Rural SNFs Can Ride Out the Storm

While rural skilled nursing facilities are facing the same reimbursement and regulatory challenges as their urban peers, they’re going to have to take some extra steps to survive the pressures. For one thing, rural SNFs are often dealing with a critical access hospital (CAH), defined among other criteria as being located more than 35 miles […]

In-House Health Plans Provide Path Out of Managed Care Pain for Operators

As the long-term health care industry moves into a value-based payment world, a special type of Medicare Advantage plan could offer skilled nursing providers a path to get ahead. In fact, institutional special needs plans (I-SNPs) could be the future for skilled nursing facilities battered by the changes in reimbursement, the move to value-based models […]

Medicaid’s Behavioral Health Benefits Can Boost SNFs’ Bottom Lines

As long-term care providers grapple with reimbursement pressure, some skilled nursing facilities are seeing success by adding behavioral health services to their roster of offerings. But to do that, they have to navigate a host of regulatory and staffing hurdles, the former of which can vary in intensity from state to state. Of 230 Colorado […]

Sharing Success Stories Can Bolster Skilled Nursing in Meetings With Hospitals

Most post-acute providers are aware that they need to be able to demonstrate their outcomes with data in meetings with hospitals and other referral partners. But another crucial component is showing how those outcomes are contributing to a skilled nursing facility’s success. “I always say share what your outcomes are doing for you,” said Shonia […]

New Analytics Platform Targets SNFs’ Growing Data Needs

Zimmet Healthcare Services Group on Thursday launched an analytics platform specifically targeting financial and reimbursement professionals in the skilled nursing space. Providers’ data needs are only likely to grow with the implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) on October 1, 2019. “There’s going to be tremendous variation in nursing home Medicare expenditures [with PDPM], […]

New Ownership for SNFs in Maryland and Ohio; Groundbreaking for $24M Rehab Wing

Maryland Skilled Nursing Facility Sells for $11.66M Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced the sale of the Calvert County Nursing Center skilled nursing facility in Prince Frederick, Md., for $11.66 million. The seller was a non-profit with seven continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. The buyer is an investor-operator partnership based […]

Genesis Sells 15 Skilled Nursing Facilities as Texas Exit Continues

Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN) this week sold 15 skilled nursing facilities in Texas and handed off the operations of a 16th leased facility in the state. The transaction, announced late Tuesday, leaves seven Genesis SNFs in the state, with the company planning to sell all seven during the fourth quarter of this year. Previously, the […]

Lancaster Pollard Secures $16.8M Refi; Welltower Continues Florida Sell-Off

Lancaster Pollard Facilitates $16.8M Refi in Pennsylvania Lancaster Pollard, a lender based in Columbus, Ohio, facilitated a $16.8 million refinance of the Mountain View SNF for Complete Healthcare Resources. The 271-bed facility, located in Coal Township, Pa., also has eight independent living units. The refinance was closed through the Federal Housing Administration’s Sec. 232/223(f) program; it decreases overall […]

Mom-and-Pop Skilled Nursing Facilities Could Find Safety in Numbers Under PDPM

Standalone skilled nursing facilities are likely to depart in droves under the new Medicare payment system, at least according to several executives with major skilled nursing players. In fact, the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is likely to force many mom-and-pops out of the space altogether, CareTrust chief investment officer Mark Lamb said in the […]

Non-Profits Exit Skilled Nursing Amid Consolidation, Strong M&A Activity

Non-profits have felt particularly squeezed by recent skilled nursing pressures on multiple fronts, prompting them to sell off their skilled facilities — typically to for-profit entities. Many of them are feeling the pressures of staffing, Luann Gutierrez, Greystone & Co.’s managing director for bridge finance, told SNN. In addition, the non-profits that have just one or […]

NY Times: Lower Census Causing Hundreds of Nursing Homes to Close Each Year

The New York Times covered the issues stemming from declining nursing home occupancy on Friday, detailing how shrinking numbers of residents has led to empty beds and hundreds of closures. Nicholas Castle, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, told the Times that 200 to 300 nursing homes close in the United States each year. […]

Genesis CEO Hager on Leadership, PDPM, and the ‘Medicaid Problem’

Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN) has been working to optimize its portfolio in a year of troubles both for the company and the skilled nursing industry at large — with a goal of properly positioning for the future as changes loom large in the space. Leading that effort is CEO George Hager Jr., who has served […]