Litigation, Staff Shortages and Access to Capital Pose the Greatest Threats to Nursing Homes

The skilled nursing industry is facing three major threats at this point in the pandemic: lawsuits tied to Covid cases, the continued staffing shortage and limited access to capital. That’s according to Cecily Dumas and Scott Prince of Cleveland, Ohio-based law firm BakerHostetler and Jerry Seelig, founder and CEO of consulting firm Seelig+Cussigh HCO in […]

COVID Support Will Not Save Flawed Nursing Home Operators in 2021 as Distress Looms Large

When the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in skilled nursing facilities became apparent after the first major outbreak in the state Washington, dire predictions for the sector were immediate. Most of those fears, clinically speaking, were borne out horrifically over the course of 2020. But while surveys have found plummeting occupancy and significant numbers of […]