Skilled nursing giant HCR ManorCare outperformed projections in its first full year as a tenant of Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), the real estate investment trust (REIT) announced Thursday, and could soon expand its footprint to include partnerships with health systems outside of its current orbit. “[The] ManorCare portfolio did not hit our expectation; it exceeded […]
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Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) on Wednesday announced the pending sale of three skilled nursing facilities operated by HCR ManorCare and ProMedica for $67 million. “The sale of these HCR ManorCare-operated facilities was initiated following an unsolicited offer and is anticipated to close in the first half of 2020,” the Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust […]
Skilled nursing giant HCR ManorCare has sold a pair of business lines to Grant Avenue Capital, according to an announcement from the private equity firm released earlier this week. The New York City-based Grant Avenue will roll the two entities — Heartland Rehabilitation and MileStone Staffing Services — into a new brand known as H2 […]
The acquisition of the skilled nursing operator HCR ManorCare by the non-profit health system ProMedica rocked the skilled nursing world when it was announced in 2018, and many eyes have been on the marriage since. Most industry observers took a wait-and-see approach to how the deal would play out, but some commented soon after the […]
Paramount Health Care, the managed Medicaid arm of major health system and skilled nursing operator ProMedica, this week announced a move to substantially scale back its footprint in the wake of serious financial losses for the plan. The Toledo, Ohio-based Paramount will exit the central and southeast regions of Ohio, cutting its overall enrollment by […]
Standard and Poor’s lowered its outlook for non-profit health system ProMedica, but analysts see sunnier days ahead for its HCR ManorCare skilled nursing assets. S&P Global Ratings on Christmas Eve affirmed its BBB long-term rating for ProMedica’s debt obligations, while also lowering its outlook on the Toledo, Ohio-based health giant from “stable” to “negative.” Following […]
After the non-profit ProMedica Health System took over the operations of HCR ManorCare in a blockbuster deal last year, the skilled nursing entity continues to help improve the system’s shaky financial results. The Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica reported an operating loss of $102.8 million for its ProMedica Insurance Corporation arm for the nine-month period ending September […]
The structure and finances of private equity investors in the skilled nursing space have come under the federal microscope, with two U.S. senators and a U.S. representative demanding answers from four major firms about their investment in nursing homes. Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, along with Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Mark Pocan, sent strongly-worded […]
The influx of cash into the nursing home world from outside investors such as private equity firms came under fire during testimony in a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. The hearing focused on the costs — both financial and social — of caring for elderly Americans, with testimony from caregivers, […]
Multiple suitors have come knocking at Welltower Inc.’s (NYSE: WELL) door to ask about its recently acquired skilled nursing assets, a top executive said Tuesday, with potential offers that could significantly exceed their most recent sale price. The real estate investment trust (REIT) has no interest in selling off a large chunk of its HCR […]
Moody’s this week downgraded its rating for non-profit health system ProMedica, citing concerns over the ongoing integration of the HCR ManorCare assets into its umbrella and weakening Medicare census at its nursing facilities. The New York City-based rating agency dropped ProMedica from Baa1 to Baa3, with a negative outlook, the second such slip since the […]
More than a year after Welltower’s (NYSE: WELL) mega-deal to snap up skilled nursing giant HCR ManorCare, the real estate investment trust’s CEO says the partnership is on the right financial footing. “They’re on track,” Tom DeRosa said of the early financial results in a recent interview with the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing […]
The federal government on Wednesday unveiled a new proposed payment model for certain kidney-related conditions, and several providers in the space say it could have serious potential for skilled nursing operators. Under the proposed End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) model, Medicare would expand coverage of care for kidney diseases and offer financial incentives […]
The skilled nursing world has seen its share of bankruptcies over the last few years, and this past week a vendor with a heavy concentration in the space blamed the industry’s woes for its own filing. Joerns, a private-equity owned company that makes medical equipment, began Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings late last month, citing post-acute […]
A False Claims Act (FCA) case against HCR ManorCare’s Heartland hospice affiliates was dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday by Judge James Carr of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The government had previously declined to intervene in the qui tam complaint made by Kathi Holloway, who worked as a regional hospice consultant […]
Private equity interest and investment in the skilled nursing space is growing as the sector goes through rounds of tumult and transformation. The trend was apparent in 2018, even though most of the private equity interest focused on senior housing. As real estate investment trusts (REITs) sold off their underperforming SNF assets, private equity buyers […]
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 […]
After blaming its acquisition of HCR ManorCare for a significant annual loss in 2018, non-profit health system ProMedica credited its new skilled nursing assets for helping to offset a rough first quarter for its insurance business. The Toledo, Ohio-based acute- and post-acute giant logged a net loss of $9.8 million in the first quarter of […]
HCR ManorCare and Dialyze Direct on Wednesday announced a cooperation agreement that will bring hemodialysis services to HCR ManorCare’s skilled nursing facilities. Dialyze Direct currently offers services in two of ManorCare’s Chicago-market SNFs, ManorCare assistant vice president Eric O’Neill told Skilled Nursing News. The skilled nursing giant is looking to expand the services to two additional […]
ProMedica on Thursday announced a pair of promotions that will bring a new leadership team at the health system and its skilled nursing subsidiary, HCR ManorCare. The Toledo, Ohio-based health system promoted Steve Cavanaugh, president of the ManorCare division, to chief financial officer of the entire ProMedica network. Replacing Cavanaugh at the helm of ManorCare […]
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