Nursing home assets for National Healthcare Investors (NYSE: NHI) are stable, with coverage increasing during the first quarter, and executives suggesting Tuesday that its skilled nursing portfolio was largely insulated from potential Medicaid cuts. NHI’s geographic exposure was one factor protecting it against any reductions to federal funding. Much of the company’s skilled nursing facility […]
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Finance and operator voices alike are cautiously optimistic about prospects for the nursing home sector as the Trump administration prepares to enter the White House in January, alongside a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate that has historically been sympathetic to nursing home issues. When it comes to the federal minimum staffing mandate, Cascadia Healthcare’s […]
NHI acquired a $121.3 million long-term care portfolio, while a regional operator received $59.25M in financing for three skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Illinois. NHI Acquires $121.3M Portfolio National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) announced Thursday that it is purchasing a portfolio of 10 assisted living and memory care communities in North Carolina for $121.3 million. […]
An activist investor of National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has called for changes to the real estate investment trust’s (REIT’s) board of directors , ahead of lease negotiations with one of the REIT’s largest tenants, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC). Land & Buildings Investment Management issued a letter to shareholders on Thursday, urging a shakeup in […]
National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI), much like other real estate investment trusts (REITs), is looking at deals across the continuum of skilled nursing and senior housing and looking into different ways to invest, including through joint ventures, executives said. “We’re hopeful that we’re seeing the tip of the iceberg,” said NHI Chief Investment Officer […]
Cost of capital, occupancy recovery across all assets and the minimum staffing proposal were top of mind for National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) during its third quarter earnings call on Wednesday. NHI CEO Eric Mendelsohn said there was a bit of a fakeout in terms of occupancy recovery last December, with operators saying there […]
Bank of America strategists point to nursing homes, among other riskier sectors, being behind more defaults in the $4 trillion municipal bond market this year. Expectations come after a 122% surge in first-time payment defaults for January 2023 compared to a year ago, according to a report published by Bloomberg on Tuesday. That translates to […]
Real estate investment trust (REIT) investment in nursing homes has been linked to an increase in some clinical staff hours per resident day – specifically a 2.15% and 1.55% percent bump in licensed practical nurse (LPNs) and certified nursing assistant (CNAs) hours, respectively. Registered nurse (RN) hours, on the other hand, decreased 6.25% in the […]
National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) teased more investment activity before the end of the year, as sales of underperforming assets continue to buy the real estate investment trust (REIT) freedom to take advantage of a normalizing seller’s market. NHI CEO Eric Mendelsohn said the Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based REIT is targeting another $50 million to $60 […]
Leading skilled nursing partners including the Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) and National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) continue to drive “business resilience” for National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI). That’s according to NHI CIO Kevin Pascoe, who touched on the topic during a second-quarter earnings call Tuesday. “Business resilience is primarily attributable to NHC and Ensign. … […]
Leaders with National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) said the company’s skilled nursing assets continue to be resilient in the face of financial challenges, including the proposed 4.6% cut to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). While executives with the real estate investment trust (REIT) hope the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule is […]
Skilled nursing assets have performed well for National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), providing stability while the real estate investment trust (REIT) works to switch out underperforming seniors housing assets, according to leadership. SNFs and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) currently account for nearly two-thirds of the REIT’s cash revenue, CEO Eric Mendelsohn said during Wednesday’s […]
National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has collected 82.7% of tenant rent for November, with deferrals still in place for at least one of its tenants through the next several months. Bickford Senior Living, one of NHI’s seniors housing operators receiving rent deferrals, makes up 3.8% of the remaining balance for the month, the real estate […]
National Health Investors’ (NYSE: NHI) skilled nursing assets are outperforming assisted and independent living properties at this stage of the pandemic. Memory care is also on the company’s list of underperforming assets. These three types of properties experienced more significant occupancy and margin pressure, driven by staffing shortages and in turn increased hourly rates and […]
With a combination of strong federal relief and a seemingly safe place in the wider health care continuum, skilled nursing facilities have repeatedly emerged as bright spots in an otherwise hazy financial outlook for players in the senior housing and care sector. Fitch Ratings on Tuesday added to that trend in awarding a BBB- rating […]
BMO Capital Markets this week downgraded its outlook for several publicly traded landlords of senior housing and skilled nursing facilities, but post-acute care emerged as a rare bright spot in the analysis — with the prediction that the sector will recover faster than its senior living counterparts. The financial services provider issued downgrades to Welltower […]
When LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) announced a $38 million deal to buy a pair of high-end transitional rehab facilities in Missouri, it marked the end of a multi-year planning process that saw a skilled nursing developer try to plug holes in the area’s health care system. The transaction covered a completed skilled nursing facility in […]
In an interesting role reversal, executives at National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) expressed optimism about skilled nursing investments while handling pointed questions about some distress on the senior housing side of its business. CEO Eric Mendelsohn trumpeted his real estate investment trust’s (REIT) new partnerships with skilled nursing operators Ignite Medical Resorts and Wingate on […]
National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has made multiple pushes into skilled nursing as the calendar shifted from 2018 to 2019, with a specific eye toward higher-end rehab — and new construction. Before announcing its $50.3 million pickup of a Massachusetts senior housing complex with 164 skilled nursing beds this week, the real estate investment trust […]
Greystone & Co. on Wednesday announced the origination of $78.5 million in financing for a 585-bed skilled nursing facility in the New York City suburb of Woodbury, N.Y. The firm originated the loan for the Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) health care lending […]