REIT Resurgence Could Boost Skilled Nursing M&A Despite Near-Term Stress

The recent bullish performance of publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) could have a virtuous cycle effect in the space, potentially boosting mergers-and-acquisitions activity in the skilled nursing and broader health care industries. That’s the thesis of Alex Pettee and Hoya Capital Real Estate, a Connecticut-based investment advisory firm that on Monday published a […]

Bankruptcy Court OKs Settlement Deal Between Sabra, Senior Care Centers

A federal bankruptcy court this week approved a settlement agreement between Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) and embattled tenant Senior Care Centers, the real estate investment trust (REIT) announced Friday. Under the terms of the deal, the Irvine, Calif.-based Sabra will receive $9.5 million from the bankrupt operator. Of that amount, Senior Care Centers […]

LTC Properties: Senior Care Centers Won’t Survive Bankruptcy, Transfer Ongoing

Executives at LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC) don’t have high hopes that troubled tenant Senior Care Centers will survive its current bankruptcy proceedings, and the real estate investment trust (REIT) is actively negotiating its exit from the facilities. “As you know, Senior Care declared bankruptcy in December, and we don’t believe they have the ability […]

Sabra, Senior Care Centers Reach Settlement Deal Amid Provider’s Bankruptcy

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) agreed to drop its claims against skilled nursing tenant Senior Care Centers amid the provider’s ongoing bankruptcy process, the REIT announced Sunday. Under the terms of the deal, Sabra will cease its actions against the Dallas-based Senior Care Centers in exchange for “certain settlement payments,” a portion of which […]

Sabra Cuts Number of Senior Care Centers Properties for Sale from 38 to 28 [UPDATED]

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) late Sunday night announced that it would retain 10 Senior Care Centers-operated properties it had previously agreed to sell amid the skilled nursing provider’s bankruptcy proceedings. Just two days after the Dallas-based Senior Care Centers entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early December, landlord Sabra announced that it had […]

Focus on PDPM Could Distract Skilled Nursing Operators from Current Risks

With a new payment model just eight months away, the skilled nursing industry has trained a laser-guided focus on maximizing patient outcomes and reimbursements under the system. But smart providers would be wise not to let the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) distract them from the pressing issues facing them between now and October 1. “Any […]

Bain Bets on Skilled Nursing with Acquisition of Medical Provider HealthDrive

A subsidiary of Bain Capital made a major move into the skilled nursing world this week, acquiring a provider of specialty medical services to heavy hitters like Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN) and HCR ManorCare. Bain Capital Double Impact on Thursday announced the acquisition of HealthDrive, a Wellesley, Mass.-based firm that offers dentistry, optometry, podiatry, and […]

Sabra Sues for Control of Senior Care Centers Properties Amid $385M Sale

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) this week filed a lawsuit seeking control over 38 properties operated by Senior Care Centers, which entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month. In a filing submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, lawyers for the real estate investment trust (REIT) accused Senior […]

Sabra’s ‘Genesis Exodus’ Nears Completion with $75.7M Sale of 13 SNFs

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) on Wednesday announced the sale of 13 more skilled nursing facilities operated by Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN), leaving just three more to sell before the real estate investment trust (REIT) completes its long-planned divestiture of Genesis assets. Four of the Genesis-leased facilities sold last week for $38.6 million, with […]

Looking Ahead to the Top Skilled Nursing Trends of 2019

We’ve made it to the end of 2018, which will likely go down as one of the most eventful years in the history of the long-term and post-acute care industry. Between the first round of Value-Based Purchasing penalties taking effect and the rapid rollout of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), it’s probably a safe bet […]

Sabra Inks Deal to Sell 38 Senior Care Centers Buildings for $385 Million

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) on Thursday announced a $385 million deal to sell all 38 buildings in its portfolio operated by troubled skilled nursing provider Senior Care Centers. The deal — which the Irvine, Calif. based real estate investment trust (REIT) had previously announced earlier this year — is expected to close early […]

Senior Care Centers Files for Bankruptcy, Blaming ‘Expensive Leases’

Senior Care Centers announced Tuesday that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. The move will allow Senior Care Centers, which has almost 10,000 residents and nearly 11,000 employees, to address “burdensome debt levels and expensive leases,” according to a press release announcing the […]

Sabra CEO: Senior Care Centers Stopped Paying Rent for Leverage Amid Sale

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) dropped the news late Monday that its largest operator, Senior Care Centers, had stopped paying rent — and on Tuesday, its CEO framed the issue as an attempt to force the company’s hand amid a pending sale. The Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) had already entered into […]

Sabra Terminates Leases on 36 Senior Care Centers SNFs, Sale Pending

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBRA) announced on Monday that its portfolio of Senior Care Centers buildings hasn’t generated straight-line rents since May, resulting in a $1.9 million shortfall in the company’s third-quarter income. The Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) issued notices of default and lease termination during the third quarter, the […]

Sabra Continues Genesis Exit, Joins Others in PDPM Support

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBRA) joined the chorus of voices praising the new skilled nursing payment model from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its second-quarter earnings conference call Thursday. “CMS issued their final rule affirming the Oct. 1 2.4% market basket increase and the implementation of PDPM in October of […]

Skilled Nursing Must-Reads: The $1 SNF, Occupancy Drops

Welcome to Skilled Nursing News’s weekly roundup of the top headlines you need to see to kick-start your morning — from a SNF with a curiously low asking price to more negative trends in occupancy to the long-term effects of a lawsuit over snacks in Pennsylvania. SNN readers flocked to the story of a former […]

Largest Texas SNF Operator Takes Heat Over Hurricane Response

Texas state regulators are scrutinizing the state’s largest skilled nursing facility (SNF) operator after one of its administrators reportedly refused to allow an evacuation during Hurricane Harvey. An investigation is underway to determine why Lake Arthur Place in Port Arthur, Texas, initially stopped volunteers from taking its 70 residents away in boats even though the […]