A group of senior housing and care lenders on Thursday emphasized that financing remains available in the space, but buyers and sellers shouldn’t expect business as usual when trying to complete deals during the COVID-19 pandemic. “There is capital out there, but I would say it is definitely a more limited supply and not nearly […]
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The stock market was rocked on Monday by a combination of factors, including concerns about the novel coronavirus, with a sharp downturn Monday morning triggering a temporary halt on trading — and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq all ending the day down more than 7%. But even though the […]
The recent federal enforcement pushes haven’t just brought new challenges to skilled nursing operators, who must now adjust to a world of warning icons and lists of struggling facilities now made public on a monthly basis. The lenders that finance skilled nursing acquisitions and renovations have been forced to take a hard look at their […]
Skilled nursing operators with a strong regional focus and market presence are attractive to potential investors and capital partners, but ultimately the realities of the market will trump even the best operator. The operator-driven nature of the SNF field makes the people involved in a given facility paramount, but investors can’t overlook how susceptible nursing […]
The early returns for the new Medicare payment model for nursing homes have been broadly positive, with multiple experts and operators pegging the revenue gains at a healthy but modest 5% to 6%. But the actual gains may be higher than those numbers betray, and several experts predict some kind of eventual adjustment from the […]
Bed prices at nursing homes have remained robust in recent years despite industry upheaval, and while it’s impossible to paint the state of the market with a broad national brush, the coming year could bring even higher figures as owners and operators pull off turnaround projects. A snapshot from the third quarter of 2019 revealed […]
Occupancy at the nation’s nursing homes stayed flat between the most recent two quarters, but the proportion of residents covered under Medicaid hit a record high — while the share of bread-and-butter Medicare residents fell to a record low. Medicaid accounted for exactly two-thirds, or 67.6%, of resident days at nursing facilities in the third […]
Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019Time: 1:00 p.m. CT – 2:00 p.m. CTRegister Now Who Are America’s Middle Income Seniors and How Can We Care for Them? The Forgotten Middle is a fast-growing and significant demographic group of seniors that demands attention and planning. By 2029, there will be 14.4 million middle-income seniors in the U.S., many with […]
Despite a quarter-over-quarter drop, national occupancy at skilled nursing facilities inched upward in the second quarter of 2019 as compared to last year, even as Medicare Advantage revenues took a slight tumble. The nation’s nursing homes sat at 83.3% full during the second quarter of the year, up 0.5% from the same period last year, […]
With just two weeks to go before the new payment model for nursing homes takes effect, operators that have prepared for the changes could be expecting a significant boost in their Medicare reimbursements. But providers shouldn’t necessarily expect their investors to share in their optimism over the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). Over the course of […]
Formation Capital remains a heavyweight in the private investment space for senior housing and care, but its CEO says that its skilled nursing tastes have become more opportunistic as capital continues to aggressively chase available properties. The Atlanta-based Formation this past spring sold off a 12-property skilled nursing portfolio in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and CEO […]
As the post-acute and long-term health care industry struggles through shortened lengths of stay and compressed reimbursements, an oasis has lingered just beyond the horizon: the so-called silver tsunami. If operators can wait out the current downturn, the thinking goes, the glut of baby boomers turning 80 and older over the coming years will be […]
After four years of declines, skilled nursing occupancy inched up year-over-year between the first quarters of 2018 and 2019, a major industry data tracker announced Wednesday. Nationwide occupancy at skilled nursing facilities ticked up 28 basis points to 83.7% in the first quarter of the year, according to the most recent data release from the […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week announced a 2.5% boost to overall Medicare Advantage payment rates — but the news isn’t likely to bring relief to skilled nursing operators struggling with low MA reimbursements. That 2.5% rate gain in 2020 represents a bigger gain than the 1.59% increase that the agency […]
Skilled nursing operators saw static occupancy between the third and fourth quarters of 2018 — a notable, if moderate, bit of good news for an industry that had seen four straight years of declines. The nation’s nursing homes were approximately 82.4% full during the fourth quarter of last year, according to the most recent set […]
Skilled nursing providers actually saw across-the-board gains in Medicare margins between 2016 and 2017, but the effects were mitigated by a familiar foe: Medicare Advantage plans. The average provider saw a profit of $102 per patient day for residents covered under Medicare Part A in 2017, according to a new analysis from accounting and advisory […]
Survey after survey finds that investors remain skittish about skilled nursing, but a top executive at CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE) says his firm has the opposite problem: There just aren’t enough solid properties available to satiate its appetite. Skilled Nursing News caught up with Mark Lamb, the real estate investment trust’s (REIT) chief investment officer, […]
Every industry gathering has a theme, whether it’s an intentional move by the organizers or not. But the most illustrative conference experiences come when attendees and those in charge both can’t stop talking about the same subject — as was the case this past week at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s […]
In an era of tight finances and legal caps on the number of beds, new skilled nursing developments are few and far between — with most of the action in recent years focused on higher-end, post-acute rehab facilities. The Diakonos Group’s latest development, a $15 million skilled nursing facility in Tulsa, Okla. with a total […]
Skilled nursing facility operators frequently hear about how forging hospital partnerships is essential to their success under new payment models, but the intricacies of those interactions can often be difficult to navigate. Speaking at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) spring conference in San Diego last week, the leader of one […]