Comprehensive Healthcare Warns Company May Close Unless 7 Nursing Homes Are Sold, DOL Seeks Injunction

Comprehensive Healthcare may be forced to close unless the owners are allowed to sell seven nursing homes, according to a report on Wednesday from TribLive, the website of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Comprehensive currently operates 15 facilities. The seven facilities involved in the sale have a combined 747 beds, according to the report. The U.S. Department […]

Diversicare On the Hunt For New CEO After McKnight Exits

Diversicare Healthcare Services is currently on the hunt for a new leader to take the helm after former CEO Jay McKnight left the nursing home operator at the end of August. McKnight joined Tennessee-based Diversicare as executive vice president and CFO in 2012 before taking the helm as president and CEO in 2018. He’s also […]

DAC Acquires 340-Bed SNF Portfolio; Fairport Baptist Homes Files For Bankruptcy

Blueprint announced the sale of three skilled nursing and long-term care facilities in Mississippi totaling 340 licensed beds to DAC Acquisitions, LLC. The portfolio’s owner, a New York-based investment firm, put the facilities up for sale after the operator filed for bankruptcy. Overall census declined throughout the pandemic but leveled out in late 2021 at […]

MarketWatch Shines a Light on Diversicare Acquirer Lahasky

Even skilled nursing industry insiders may not know a whole lot about the investor who recently bought Diversicare Healthcare Services properties – Ephram “Mordy” Lahasky. The private investor doesn’t maintain a corporate website and has “largely avoided reporters for years,” according to a MarketWatch article published Wednesday. MarketWatch spoke with Lahasky for its story; Skilled […]

The Trends That Will Shape Skilled Nursing in 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to put pressure on an already strained skilled nursing industry in 2021. The next 12 months will be yet another test of resilience. Looking ahead to 2022, SNFs must stay nimble and inventive to not only survive but thrive. Private equity will continue to lead the nursing home transaction market pack, […]

DAC Acquisition Completes Deal to Acquire Diversicare

A merger agreement between DAC Acquisition LLC and Diversicare Healthcare Services (OTCQX: DVCR) is complete, according to an announcement made Friday. Diversicare’s stockholders will receive an amount of cash equal to $10.10 per share of Diversicare common stock, as was previously reported by Skilled Nursing News when the proposed deal was announced back in August. […]

Diversicare Reports Net Loss for Third Quarter, Close to Completed Merger with DAC

Diversicare Healthcare Services (OTCQX: DVCR) published its earnings details on Tuesday, reporting a net loss from continuing operations at -$2.9 million, or -43 cents per share in the third quarter. During the third quarter of 2020, Diversicare reported a net income of $3.2 million from operations, or 48 cents per share. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based skilled […]

Some REITs Worry Where Hot SNF Market Will Lead

The average price per bed for nursing homes rose almost 22% year over year for the first quarter of 2021, as staffing shortages and slow occupancy recovery has done little to cool an already heated market, leaving some real estate investment trusts most active in the space disconcerted of what the future may hold. “If […]

DAC Acquisition to Acquire Diversicare

DAC Acquisition LLC has entered into a merger agreement with Diversicare Healthcare Services (OTCQX: DVCR) for $10.10 per share in a deal announced on Friday. The price represents a value of approximately 256% from Diversicare’s closing share price on Aug. 19 at $2.84 and a premium of approximately 210% to the 90-day average trading price […]