Ripples of CVS, Amazon Deals Could Eventually Reach Skilled Nursing

The recent megadeals involving popular consumer brands and health care giants haven’t touched skilled nursing yet, but the moves are sending ripple effects through the industry as a whole — and SNF providers would be wise to listen up. When CVS acquired insurance giant Aetna and Amazon teamed up to form a health care company with […]

Top 10 Skilled Nursing Stories of 2017

The skilled nursing industry faces an existential crisis over its future, and 2017 was a year filled with threats — financial and regulatory woes at top providers, plummeting occupancy, and continued reimbursement pressures. But it was also a year that saw promising research illustrating the utility of SNF care and successes in new payment models, […]

Skilled Nursing ‘Under Siege,’ Quarter of Beds to Disappear by 2022

The skilled nursing industry is in a heap of trouble, and there’s only so much that operators can do about it. That was the bleak message from Lincoln Healthcare Leadership President and founder David Ellis to the crowd at the Post Acute Link Care Continuum Conference in Chicago on Sunday, summarizing the results of a […]