Nursing home giant Consulate Health Care may be undergoing a rebranding and restructuring, according to a Tampa Bay Times report. Despite being the largest nursing home provider in Florida, and one of the largest in the country, Consulate no longer has any long-term care facilities listed in the state on the company’s website, as reported […]
Florida nursing home giant Consulate Health Care will pay $4.5 million of a $258 million judgment in a settlement with the Department of Justice that was formally approved by a U.S. Bankruptcy judge this week. The deal, finalized on Wednesday, emanates from a decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Florida to […]
Overcommunication and taking a more hands-on approach became important to the overall clinical strength of Consulate Health Care during the pandemic, and chief nursing officer Andi Clark doesn’t expect that to change as the vaccine rollout continues. “We were meeting people in their houses, getting them PPE and we wanted them to know that we […]
As nursing home operators across the country work to implement a staff vaccination mandate that many feel singles out the industry, those that work in nursing homes are expressing resentment over how the sector continues to be regulated and scrutinized. Rather than penalizing and pushing staff out of these facilities even further, Andi Clark, chief […]
CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE) acquired the Buena Vista Care Center, a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Santa Barbara, Calif., for about $15.9 million, including transaction costs, the real estate investment trust announced March 9. The facility will continue to be operated by Covenant Care under a long-term lease assumed by the San Clemente, Calif.-based CareTrust […]
Six skilled nursing entities — spanning operations, management, and rehabilitation — this week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the reinstatement of a multimillion False Claims Act (FCA) judgement against them last year. The entities themselves are part of a group of corporate affiliates of major nursing home operator Consulate Health Care, but the bankruptcy […]
As vaccine rollouts continue at long-term care facilities, Consulate Health Care has found staff word-of-mouth critical to getting more uptake along the front lines. And like other operators, it’s seeing significant buy-in from residents. With a multi-state footprint, however, Consulate has also seen variations in how fast clinics are progressing in different parts of the […]
Even before nursing homes became the epicenter of a world-historic pandemic, the setting was rarely the first choice for young nurses looking to build a long-term career. Often perceived as a less-exciting workplace than other settings — such as the emergency room or private practice — post-acute and long-term care facilities have long been considered […]
Third Eye Health had a two-year plan to expand the network of skilled nursing facilities that use its telehealth technology from 400 to more than 1,000. Amid a world-historic pandemic, the Chicago-based tech company reached that multi-year goal in a matter of a few weeks. “We’ve had truly exponential growth,” Third Eye vice president and […]
The 17th episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available! With 140 facilities, Consulate Health Care is something of an outlier in the skilled nursing world, and has seen its share of ups and downs related to its size. But after a strategic shrinking — and an overhaul to improve quality and care at the […]
Stabilizing and turning around a single skilled nursing facility can take up considerable time and resources for any one provider. Turning around an operating company with more than 200 buildings and a multitude of internal systems takes even longer. Consulate Health Care needed multiple years. Chris Bryson who joined the Maitland, Fla.-based operator in September […]
Despite showing long-term optimism about Daybreak Venture, executives at Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) on Wednesday revealed an ongoing plan to replace the struggling skilled nursing operator at many of its facilities in Texas. The two parties have mutually agreed to work toward a deal that would “selectively downsize” Daybreak’s footprint across the Lone Star […]
Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) on Tuesday announced the formal completion of a $735 million deal to acquire 58 skilled nursing facilities — with Consulate Health Care confirmed the primary operator involved in the transaction. First announced back in August, the deal closed on October 31, and saw the real estate investment trust (REIT) acquire […]
With the federal overhaul of Medicare reimbursement to skilled nursing facilities comes a new focus on patient characteristics and clinical needs. And to thrive in a world where payment for care is based on such information, SNFs have to have that information readily at hand — in a format that they can understand. To that […]
The largest skilled nursing provider in Florida moved to bolster its diagnostic capabilities with an eye toward reducing costly hospital readmissions. Consulate Health Care late last month announced a partnership agreement with TridentUSA Health Services to provide radiology, ultrasound, and laboratory services to Consulate’s senior care facilities across the U.S. The terms of the deal […]
Data has quickly become king in the increasingly challenging skilled nursing world, but the question of how different providers along the care continuum can use that data remains a sticking point. Upgrading a building’s electronic health record (EHR) distribution system from fax machines to cloud data solutions is the first step. The information, however, doesn’t […]
The Illinois Department of Corrections is building a $150 million mental health and general medicine treatment center in Joliet, Ill., to provide care for incarcerated patients who have mental illnesses or require long-term skilled nursing care. WSPY FM 107.1 reported the news. The 200-bed facility will provide services to both male and female patients and […]
Local concerns feature prominently in this week’s roundup of must-read news, where we highlight great skilled nursing stories you might have missed in the past week. Consulate investigation USA Today Network — Florida published an investigation into Consulate Health Care as part of its “Neglected” series, which examines nursing home issues in the state of Florida. The […]
Consulate Health Care reached an agreement with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to improve quality and protect its portfolio of nursing homes from being penalized for failures at two facilities, The Ledger reported. “We are grateful for the partnership between Consulate and the Agency for Health Care Administration,” Jennifer Trapp, vice president of […]
A struggling skilled nursing property company that’s behind on loan repayments is causing some financial trouble for HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP). The Irvine, California-based real estate investment trust (REIT) is expecting that the resulting material impairment will exceed $20 million. The skilled nursing entity in question—Tandem Health Care—currently owns 32 post-acute or skilled nursing facilities, […]
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