COVID Could Accelerate Skilled Nursing Consolidation as Smaller Operators Head for the Exits

In the months leading up to the implementation of a new Medicare payment model for skilled nursing facilities, various voices predicted an exodus of smaller, mom-and-pop operators who’d rather call it a career than adapt to a completely new reimbursement system. But only a few months after the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) took effect last […]

Final Standalone Kindred Skilled Nursing Facility Changes Hands

More than two years after announcing a plan to exit the skilled nursing space, former industry giant Kindred Healthcare has sold off the final remaining standalone SNF in its portfolio. The Louisville, Ky.-based operator sold Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation — Spring Valley, a 160-bed property in Las Vegas, to Capital Senior Ventures on October […]

CareTrust Wraps Up $211M Acquisition of 12-Building Portfolio from BM Eagle

CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE) on Tuesday announced the successful completion of a $211 million deal that saw 12 properties change hands and two operators expand their portfolios in the South. The San Clemente, Calif.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) picked up seven skilled nursing facilities, along with an eighth SNF/assisted living campus, in Louisiana. Management […]

Skilled Nursing Transactions: Kindred Continues SNF Sell-Off

Kindred Provides Update on Closings for Its Skilled Nursing Facility  Louisville, Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare said it completed additional closings connected with its agreement to sell off its skilled nursing assets to BM Eagle Holdings, LLC. The most recent closings include 12 skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living facility sold since Oct. 1, with proceeds […]

CareTrust REIT Picks Up 13 Former Kindred SNFs

CareTrust REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTRE) continues to snap up skilled nursing facilities previously operated by Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND), announcing on Tuesday the acquisition of 13 properties in Washington, Texas and Idaho. The deal includes all seven former Kindred SNFs in Idaho, which are now operated by the Eagle, Idaho-based provider Cascadia Healthcare, LLC, as […]

Quick Handoff Brings 7 Former Kindred SNFs to Cascadia, CareTrust

By October 1, Cascadia Healthcare will operate all seven of the skilled nursing facilities previously run by Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) in Idaho — but its new landlord isn’t the company that agreed to buy Kindred’s entire SNF portfolio at the end of June. The Eagle, Idaho-based Cascadia will lease the seven former Kindred SNFs […]

Kindred Completes First Round of Skilled Nursing Sell-Off

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) on Thursday took the first step toward its planned exit from the skilled nursing space, announcing the sale of 54 SNFs in 10 states. The $519 million transaction involves the majority of the 89 total SNFs and seven assisted living facilities that Kindred will sell to BM Eagle Holdings — a joint […]

Kindred Talks Life After Skilled Nursing on Earnings Call

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) tackled life after skilled nursing on its second-quarter earnings call, the first after it finalized a $700 million deal to sell off its SNF assets in late June. “This transaction is an important step in the ongoing strategic transformation of Kindred,” president and CEO Benjamin Breier said, identifying the company’s […]

[UPDATED] Kindred’s SNF Sale: Long-Term Benefits, Short-Term Drag

When Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) finalized a blockbuster deal to sell its SNF portfolio for $700 million in cash at the start of the holiday weekend, the post-acute giant may have been making a long-term bet with significant upfront costs. Much of the $210 million that Kindred expects to net from the deal will come from […]