I-SNP Exec: Skilled Nursing Operators Must Approach Insurers to Succeed — But Few Do

Skilled nursing operators frequently bemoan the shorter lengths of stay and lower daily payment rates for Medicare Advantage residents, but the leader of one plan says it’s also up to providers to present novel ideas to insurance executives. Before taking the CEO role at the nursing-home focused Longevity Health Plan earlier this year, René Lerer […]

Inside Allure Group’s Audition Strategy for Skilled Nursing Telehealth

When the Allure Group decided to pursue a new physician telehealth partnership, leadership didn’t want to jump in headfirst — and instead turned to a kind of audition process to pick its eventual partner. For about a year and a half, the six-building chain tested out two separate telemedicine providers in two facilities, with president […]

$55.4M Skilled Nursing Refi in Brooklyn, $29M Loan in Upstate New York

Allure Secures $55.4M Refinance Loan for Brooklyn Nursing Home Allure Group secured a $55.4 million refinancing loan for a nursing home in Brooklyn, N.Y., The Real Deal reported. Popular Community Bank assumed the existing unpaid $29 million balance at King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, the publication said, citing property records filed this week. Popular […]

Skilled Nursing Turnaround Artists Focus on Staff First, Finances Second

A distressed skilled nursing facility could have problems on multiple fronts, but when trying to fix it, operators and owners need to concentrate on the people working there. Any SNF business can be broken down into four major components: physical, operational, clinical, and financial. That’s according to Isaac Dole, founder and managing partner at Chicago-based Birchwood Healthcare […]

One Skilled Nursing Facility’s Turnaround from Two Stars to 97% Full

Five years ago, the Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation had rooms filled with used and abandoned building materials. Wires were hanging from the ceilings, and some of the showers in patient bathrooms weren’t working. That’s according to Melissa Powell, chief operating officer of the Allure Group, which took over the facility in 2012 and […]

Skilled Nursing Provider Bets on Remote Monitoring

A recent vendor-funded study showed that passive monitoring technology could bring savings to skilled nursing operators — and at least one operator agrees. The Allure Group, which owns six skilled nursing facilities in New York, is in the process of implementing contact-free continuous monitoring (CFCM) from EarlySense in all of its facilities. “Remote monitoring is […]