California-based health care group Kaiser Permanente on Wednesday announced its plans to acquire Pennsylvania-based, Geisinger Health, to form a new healthcare entity in a deal that aims to expand value-based care access across the U.S., with potential implications for how care is delivered to older adults. The new entity, Risant Health, will be headquartered in […]
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While building back hospital referrals is one way skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have looked to recover census loss over the course of COVID-19, new data shows that referral rejection rates are at an all-time high as staffing shortages continue to cripple the sector. That’s according to an analysis by Careport, a WellSky company, which shows […]
If the latest COVID-19 variant has revealed anything about the care continuum, it’s that temporary solutions to solve the capacity crisis could have long-term implications on the way SNFs and hospitals can better align moving forward. In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf set up long-term care regional support sites to help decompress the health care system […]
Welltower (NYSE: WELL) CEO Tom DeRosa touted a big-picture view of his company’s skilled nursing investments this week, describing post-acute services as part of a larger health care ecosystem — one that is vertically integrated and thinks holistically about care. And because of that, he’s adamant that there’s more to the real estate investment trust’s […]
Blueprint Announces Involvement in 20-SNF Portfolio Sale Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced the portfolio sale of 20 skilled nursing facilities, with 1,866 total licensed beds, for $103.3 million. A dozen facilities were located in Kentucky, seven were in Ohio, and one was located in Indiana. The Chicago-based advisory firm said it served as the […]
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