Two 120-bed skilled nursing facilities in Houston and Lubbock, Texas — both formerly operated by Senior Care Centers — were leased to two regional operators based in the Lone Star State. The transaction, which was facilitated by the Chicago-based advisory firm Helios Healthcare Advisors, was structured at market lease rates and with pre-negotiated purchase options. […]
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Patients are discharged from skilled nursing facilities at notably higher rates around day 20 of their Medicare benefit period, compared with day 19 or day 21, a study published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine found. The authors of the study, who hailed from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago, studied patients discharged […]
As the director of finance for The CHMS Group, Gabe Guttman says many days feel like “a war on many fronts.” With compressed Medicaid rates, a Medicare Advantage market dominated by a duopoly that holds most of the cards, and coming changes to the Medicare payment system for nursing homes, accurately capturing reimbursements is more […]
The final three former Skyline Healthcare nursing homes placed in receivership in Massachusetts have closed. The properties in New Bedford, Fall River, and Dighton, Mass. formally closed Friday, according to a report from the Providence, R.I.-based CBS affiliate WPRI. All of the residents had found new places to receive care, Bedford Village nursing supervisor Grace […]
Lancaster Pollard landed a pair of bridge loans for skilled nursing operator The Arboretum Group, pulling off a total of $42 million in recapitalization efforts at five properties. The first loan, a $12 million product with a 12-month term, refinanced existing debt on two skilled nursing facilities in southern Texas. The second deal saw the […]
From the outside looking in, the flood of capital in the skilled nursing space may seem strange. After all, the main Wall Street headlines about SNFs and their publicly traded landlord partners always come with a heavy dose of caution: Reimbursement pressures, staffing strains, and liability risk make nursing care a bitter pill to swallow […]
Diversicare Healthcare Services (Nasdaq: DVCR) on Wednesday announced a plan to exit the Kentucky market, ceding control of the 10 skilled nursing facilities it operates in the state. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based Diversicare reached an agreement with landlord Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) to terminate operations at the 10-building portfolio, which consists of around 885 skilled […]
Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN) has seen stabilizing occupancy and length of stay in recent quarters, positive trends that its leaders on Wednesday attributed to an unlikely source: long-term care residents covered under Medicaid. “We’re very happy to bring on patients that need our services that have long-term care needs, and we think that that’s the […]
Greystone on Tuesday announced the successful closing of a nearly $72 million bridge loan used in the acquisition and refinance of a seven-building skilled nursing portfolio across North Carolina and Kentucky. The New York City-based lending and advisory firm extended 24-month payment terms on the $71.9 million bridge financing, along with a pair of six-month […]
Several former Skyline Healthcare properties in South Dakota could soon be transferred from a court-appointed receiver to a new permanent operator, but one lender involved in the case is arguing that it won’t get paid if the deal happens. The Aberdeen News first reported the news late last week. Skyline fell apart financially in South […]
In a bid to keep its struggling skilled nursing facility open, Sonoma Valley Hospital (SVH) is looking to outsource operations to The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG). A proposal for Ensign to take over operations on July 1 is in the works, with the final approval slated to come at a special board meeting scheduled for […]
As the federal government continues to push health care providers to put skin in the game for outcomes, skilled nursing facilities have to demonstrate their ability to offer solutions to reap the rewards. But how they do that varies from region to region and provider to provider, with each path presenting its own pros and […]
A New Jersey group purchased the property associated with the Winston-Salem Nursing and Rehabilitation facility for $21 million, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. The property, located in Winston-Salem, N.C., was purchased by Winston-Salem One Propco LLC, an affiliate of Ultra Care Management LLC of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., the publication reported, citing a filing with the Forsyth […]
A week after announcing plans to sell all of its standalone skilled nursing assets as part of a larger portfolio reshuffle, Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) pulled off a three-SNF sale in California. The real estate investment trust (REIT) sold three buildings in Van Nuys, LaSalette, and Thousand Oaks, Calif., with a total of […]
Freestanding nursing facilities still rank low on investor wishlists, even though the sector saw an uptick in occupancy late last year, according to a new survey of senior housing investors from the professional services firm JLL (NYSE: JLL). Though 41% of survey respondents — which included lenders, operators and consultants, among other transactions professionals — […]
For each of the last several years, LindenGrove Communities has lost a total of $5 million to $7 million caring for long-term residents covered by Medicaid — a shortfall that began to drag on the non-profit’s other business lines, including short-term rehabilitation. And though the choice was difficult, LindenGrove president and CEO Linda Joel said […]
Shareholders of MedEquities Realty Trust (NYSE: MRT) on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a plan to merge with fellow real estate investment trust (REIT) Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI). Around 99.9% of the votes cast — representing 79.5% of all outstanding shares as of March 4 — were in favor of the $600 million deal, first announced […]
Cascade Capital Group expanded its footprint in a major way over the last month, buying a total of 15 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in two separate transactions with a total purchase price of $130 million. The first deal, which closed May 1, saw Cascade pick up five skilled nursing buildings in Southern California, […]
LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) late last week announced a plan to sell off the majority of the 23 buildings in its portfolio operated by Preferred Care, Inc., citing the bankrupt provider’s desire to minimize its relationship with the real estate investment trust (REIT). “We continue to work cooperatively with them to accommodate Preferred Care’s interest […]
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) served as senior debt lender for a $29.7 million financing for the construction of a new skilled nursing facility in Florida, CityBizList reported. The 180-bed facility is being built in Apopka, Florida, by Greystone Healthcare Management; construction started in April of this year and is expected to finish in early […]
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