Skyline Facilities in Massachusetts Placed in Receivership as Unpaid Bills Mount

Officials in Massachusetts successfully petitioned to have five skilled nursing facilities operated by the troubled Skyline Healthcare placed in temporary receivership. The receivership petition and order appointing the receiver, which the Massachusetts Office of Attorney General provided to Skilled Nursing News, was approved Monday by a Suffolk County Superior Court judge. KCP Advisory Group LLC […]

ManorCare Sees Occupancy Boost as Welltower Plots 45-Building Capital Improvement Plan

Executives from Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) have been largely mum about the company’s ongoing integration of HCR ManorCare’s skilled nursing facilities into its overall portfolio, but when pressed Tuesday, leaders hinted that the metrics are moving in the right direction. Occupancy at ManorCare SNFs has increased by more than 100 basis points, Welltower chief investment […]

Blue Wolf, Peloton Bet on Inpatient Rehab with New Private Equity Venture

A pair of private equity firms on Monday announced a new partnership aimed at developing and buying inpatient rehabilitation facilities, with an eye toward underserved communities — and eventually filling gaps in the care continuum beyond the IRF. Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Peloton Equity, LLC have teamed up to form ClearSky Health, with veteran […]

$17.3M Refi for New Jersey SNF; $180M Redevelopment Includes 102 Skilled Units

Lancaster Pollard provided a $17.3 million loan insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to refinance Willow Springs, a skilled nursing facility in Brick, N.J. Tryko Partners was the borrower, having purchased the community from NuVision Management in 2013, REBusinessOnline reported. The facility had 148 skilled nursing beds and an assisted living (AL) […]

SNFs Only Admit About a Third of Referrals as Denials Loom Large

Patients referred to skilled nursing facilities only become residents about 37% of the time, a new set of survey results reveals — with nearly a quarter of those lost referrals going to a direct competitor. Of the potential residents referred to any given SNF, 44% are lost, according to data released last week by Enquire, […]

Ventas Inks Five-Year Extension on Genesis Lease

Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) on Friday announced an extension of its lease arrangement with Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN) — a move that intrigued analysts given other landlords’ moves away from the operator. The real estate investment trust (REIT) granted Genesis five more years under its existing rent and escalator terms, with a few landlord-friendly twists: […]

MED Healthcare’s $28.5M Portfolio Pickup; 444-Bed Lease in St. Louis

Regional Health Properties, Inc. (NYSE American: RHE) this week announced an agreement to sell four skilled nursing properties to MED Healthcare Partners, LLC, for a total of $28.5 million. The 500-bed portfolio consists of Attalla Health & Rehab in Attalla, Ala.; Healthcare at College Park in College Park, Ga.; Northwest Nursing Center in Oklahoma City; […]

ManorCare Parent ProMedica Lays Off 100 More Employees

Non-profit hospital system ProMedica last week announced the layoffs of 100 more administrative and corporate employees, marking the second round of staffing reductions since it took over the operations of nursing home chain HCR ManorCare. The Daily Reporter of Coldwater, Mich. — where ProMedica operates the Coldwater Regional Hospital — initially reported the news, citing […]

3 More Dycora Skilled Nursing Facilities Placed in Receivership

Three more skilled nursing facilities operated by Dycora Transitional Health & Living were placed into receivership on Thursday, bringing the total under third-party supervision to 11. The Thomas Seaman Company was appointed receiver for the three latest properties — located in Fresno, Shafter, and Stockton, Calif. — by the San Joaquin County Court. Affiliates of […]

$7M SNF Pitched in Indiana; New York Investor Buys Ohio Facility

Long Term Care Investments VI is pitching a $7 million skilled nursing facility in Merrillville, Indiana, the Times of Northwest Indiana reported. The development would include five residential buildings, each with 12 beds, a dining area, a spa and a beauty salon; 12 of the units in the development would be designated for dementia patients. […]

REIT Resurgence Could Boost Skilled Nursing M&A Despite Near-Term Stress

The recent bullish performance of publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) could have a virtuous cycle effect in the space, potentially boosting mergers-and-acquisitions activity in the skilled nursing and broader health care industries. That’s the thesis of Alex Pettee and Hoya Capital Real Estate, a Connecticut-based investment advisory firm that on Monday published a […]

I-SNP Developer AllyAlign Closes $10M Round Led by McKesson Ventures

AllyAlign Health on Tuesday announced the closure of a $10 million strategic funding round led by McKesson Ventures as the developer and administrator of Medicare Advantage eyes growth. The Richmond, Va.-based firm partners with long-term care providers to launch and maintain Medicare Advantage special needs plans, helping them future provider-sponsored managed care plans. SNFs have […]

Dwight Capital Closes Multiple Skilled Nursing Deals in March; SNF/IRF Combo Rises in Arizona

Dwight Capital, a commercial real estate finance firm based in New York, closed several transactions for skilled nursing facilities in the month of March. These included a $3.3 million bridge loan for the 82-bed Victory Health and Rehabilitation Center in Minneapolis, which was bought from a health care real estate investment trust (REIT), and a […]

AHCA CEO: New Tax Law Raises Financial Pressure on Skilled Nursing Facilities

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act adds to the financial headwinds already rattling skilled nursing facilities by removing a key deduction without any kind of offsetting mechanism, American Health Care Association (AHCA) president and CEO Mark Parkinson argued in an op-ed published in Bloomberg Tax. Specifically, the tax law limits deductions on loan interest payments […]

Pharmacy Company Wellfount Shuts Down Abruptly, Leaving SNFs Scrambling

A pharmacy company that helped lead the charge to automate medicine dispensing collapsed at the end of last month, leaving some nursing homes with less than a month to find a replacement, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported on Friday. Wellfount Corp., based in Indianapolis, put “Redbox-style vending machines” in SNFs that dispensed medicines, with an […]