Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) within life plan communities (LPCs) remain pressured even as LPCs overall saw a revival in fiscal 2023, with labor being the biggest challenge for the nursing home assets within these campuses, according to analysts for Fitch Ratings. “The LPCs sector is experiencing a recovery following the post pandemic period that was […]
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Life plan communities (LPC) are seeing significant credit risk linked to skilled nursing facility components. And some of this risk is heightened by labor issues at SNFs. That’s according to data published by Fitch Ratings in its latest Labor Dashboard for the sector, which found persistently high wage inflation among SNF workers – wages remain […]
Fitch Ratings affirmed its “BBB-” rating for ProMedica Health System with a stable outlook, citing the health system’s “diversified business model with exposure to three distinct and historically successful divisions” – namely, acute care, senior care and insurance, in a ratings commentary published June 3. “The Stable Outlooks reflects ProMedica’s successful navigation of the coronavirus […]
Fitch Ratings announced Tuesday that it “has affirmed and withdrawn all ratings of Welltower, Inc. (NYSE: WELL), including the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB+’.” The credit ratings provider also said that the rating outlook for the Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust (REIT) is “Negative,” a reflection of its “elevated leverage profile above […]
Senior housing and care operators that had been struggling prior to the COVID-19 pandemic may need permanent rent cuts of 30% to survive in the long term, a top financial ratings agency noted — but even that hit is unlikely to hurt one of the top landlords in the sector. Fitch Ratings on Monday upgraded its […]
With a combination of strong federal relief and a seemingly safe place in the wider health care continuum, skilled nursing facilities have repeatedly emerged as bright spots in an otherwise hazy financial outlook for players in the senior housing and care sector. Fitch Ratings on Tuesday added to that trend in awarding a BBB- rating […]
Despite grim numbers around COVID-19 rates and cratering occupancy in skilled nursing facilities, a variety of factors conspired to improve top operators’ lease coverage in the third quarter of 2020 — with a tentatively brighter outlook for the start of next year. An increase in skilled mix, normalization of pandemic-related costs, and the return of […]
Major skilled nursing landlords are likely to institute rent reductions over the course of 2021 in order to help keep them afloat, according to Fitch Ratings — but the effect won’t be equally felt across all operators. In affirming twin BBB- ratings for Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) and National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), Fitch […]
Major hospital system ProMedica received another downgrade to its credit rating, but its HCR ManorCare nursing home arm remains a bright spot amid stresses elsewhere, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency late Thursday announced a downgrade of the non-profit’s issuer default rating from BBB to BBB-, while also raising its outlook from negative to […]
Fitch Ratings on Wednesday revised its rating outlook for Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) to “Negative,” down from “Stable,” while affirming the rating at “BBB+.” The Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower has a portfolio in which senior housing facilities accounted for 62% of net operating income as of March 31, while skilled nursing facilities account for about 15% […]
Most of the real estate investment trusts (REITs) with holdings in skilled nursing and senior housing facilities can weather the financial strains caused by COVID-19, a major credit rating agency affirmed this week — but only if current trends hold. Various REITs have responded to the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic by taking steps to […]
The headlines in the immediate wake of the blockbuster $4.4 billion ProMedica-HCR ManorCare deal haven’t been positive, but executives from Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) on Tuesday were upbeat about the progress so far — even if they didn’t dig too far into the details. Welltower chief investment officer Shankh Mitra said the real estate investment […]
The Avamere Family of Companies on Monday announced plans to take its skilled nursing-free retirement communities national, marking another milestone in the senior housing space’s growing skepticism of long-term health care. The Wilsonville, Ore.-based operator and developer of senior housing and care properties rolled out its Ovation by Avamere subsidiary with groundbreaking ceremonies in St. […]
The former HCR ManorCare skilled nursing facilities received a major rent break under their new ownership structure. HCP Properties, the 80-20 joint venture between Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) and non-profit hospital provider ProMedica, will charge $179 million for the first year of its 15-year lease with the 168 skilled nursing facilities and 58 senior living […]
Amid all the shakeups in the post-acute and skilled nursing sector, private equity funds and others have seen an opportunity to move into the space — and they haven’t hesitated to take advantage. Much of the focus for private equity and institutional investors has been on senior housing, according to an August report from Fitch […]
A major financial ratings service released an overall stable outlook for the continuing care retirement community (CCRC) market over the coming year, but expressed nagging doubts about the effects of skilled nursing on the industry’s overall health. For the sixth consecutive year, Fitch Ratings issued a “stable” credit rating projection for the CCRC sector, which […]
Welltower (NYSE: WELL) and ProMedica’s blockbuster deal for skilled nursing chain HCR ManorCare and its landlord cements the setting’s place in the future of long-term care, at least according to one prominent ratings firm. “[The deal] supports Fitch Ratings’ view that skilled nursing will have a place on the continuum of care, despite the subsection’s […]
With skilled nursing besieged from all sides, there is a pressing need for fresh designs and improved services. Recognizing this, a non-profit provider in Wisconsin has gone to great lengths to bring an innovative offering to the Milwaukee market, highlighting that it’s possible — but often difficult — to push the envelope in skilled nursing. Less than a decade […]
Post-acute concerns could be a thorn in the side of non-profit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) operators next year. Citing industry-wide declines in census, admissions, and revenues amid changing payment models, Fitch Ratings, Inc. identified skilled rehabilitation care as a main concern for non-profit CCRCs in an otherwise sunny report about the state of the industry issued […]
Before you start sifting through your inbox, here’s what you need to know from the world of skilled nursing news from the past week: Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) began its exit from the skilled nursing industry, announcing the $519 million sale of 54 SNFs in 10 states — out of a total of 89 […]