Solution in Search of a Problem: CMS’ Latest Nursing Home Ownership Proposals Raise Industry Concerns

For the last year, federal regulators have taken steps to increase nursing home ownership transparency, as part of the White House’s reform agenda. The most recent actions have centered on more clearly defining different types of ownership groups and making information more consumer-friendly – and have drawn concern and criticism from within the sector. About […]

S&P Lowers ProMedica Outlook, But Sees ManorCare Improvement Ahead

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 […]

KeyBank Lends $36M for Four Properties; Former ManorCare SNF Sells for $5.8M

KeyBank Secures $36.3M in Ohio for Foundations  KeyBank Real Estate Capital financed Foundations Health Solutions’ $36.3 million acquisition of four skilled nursing facilities in Ohio, the lender announced earlier this week. The 442-bed portfolio is spread across the Buckeye State, with the properties built between 1961 and 1984. KeyBank funded the deal through the Federal […]

Welltower, ProMedica to Slash Rent on Former ManorCare Skilled Nursing Facilities

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 […]

Tryko Adds ManorCare Building in New Jersey; Sale-Leaseback in Chicago

Interra Brokers $6M Sale-Leaseback of SNF in Chicago’s West Loop Interra Realty brokered the sale-leaseback of Chicago skilled nursing facility Monroe Pavilion, located in the city’s West Loop, for $6 million, REBusinessOnline reported. The buyer, JK Equities, was represented by David Goss and Lucas Fryman of Interra. The seller, Symphony Post Acute Network, was represented by Jon […]

Has the Skilled Nursing Industry Finally Hit Bottom?

As summer ends, it’s tempting to start looking ahead to what 2019 will hold for the skilled nursing industry. While the widely praised new payment model will likely grab the most attention, next year could also signal an upward climb out of an industry valley, or more troubled times ahead — depending on who you […]

Sanford, Fresh Off Good Samaritan Merger, Eyes $1B Chicago Health System

Non-profit hospital system Sanford Health is on track to complete a merger with a skilled nursing provider by fall, and a recent report hints that the operator isn’t done expanding. The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford could soon announce a merger with a $1 billion health system based in Chicago, CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft teased to SiouxFalls.Business. […]

S&P Warns of ProMedica Downgrade in Wake of ManorCare Acquisition

Standard & Poor’s last week warned that ProMedica Health System’s acquisition of struggling skilled nursing chain HCR ManorCare may lead to a credit downgrade by the end of the summer. While asserting that the non-profit chain still has an A+ rating for its long-term debt, S&P expressed concerns about the way ProMedica funded the transaction, […]

Welltower, ProMedica Close on $4.4B QCP-ManorCare Deal

Just one day after shareholders approved Welltower Inc.’s (NYSE: WELL) acquisition of Quality Care Properties (NYSE: QCP), the rest of the megadeal dominoes fell late Thursday. The Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust (REIT) announced that it had closed on its joint-venture purchase of QCP’s real estate with non-profit hospital system ProMedica. In the same […]