Medicare Advantage Growth Could Normalize, but Nursing Home Leaders Call for Rate Floor and Other Changes

While Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown steadily in the last several years, leaders in the nursing home sector speculate whether increased federal regulation – and perhaps even more importantly, changes in the consumer experience – will slow its growth. This would come as a welcome development to many nursing home leaders, who have been struggling […]

Nursing Home Construction Dwindles As Operators Downsize – But a Lack of Medicaid Beds is Most Concerning

As nursing home operators continue to decry staffing shortages as a contributor to access issues for residents, new construction of facilities to meet demand appear to be lagging as well. New construction has become especially difficult for operators trying to add Medicaid beds for low income residents, given notoriously low reimbursement rates – which are […]

Inside 3 Disruptive Trends Reshaping Skilled Nursing Sector

The skilled nursing sector is in the midst of upheaval, and providers must create and execute on strategies that involve difficult choices and significant financial investments if they hope to thrive in the future. “We are in a period of disruption,” Dana Wollschlager, partner and industry practice leader of senior living development and advisory services […]

What SNF Operators Should Consider Before Renovating or Building

With the cost of construction steadily rising, more skilled nursing developers are finding they need to put extra thought into where—and how—they spend their money. And although it may sound like common sense to some, owners and developers should first understand the market in which they do business before they open their wallet. “From a competitive standpoint, if I was […]