In a bid to keep its struggling skilled nursing facility open, Sonoma Valley Hospital (SVH) is looking to outsource operations to The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG). A proposal for Ensign to take over operations on July 1 is in the works, with the final approval slated to come at a special board meeting scheduled for […]
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Despite multiple quarters of record earnings and a stock price that dwarfs that of other publicly traded skilled nursing companies, executives at The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) said that investor skittishness over SNF assets played a major role in their decision to spin off its home health and senior housing business lines into a new […]
The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) on Monday announced a plan to spin off its non-skilled nursing assets into a separate publicly traded company. The Mission Viejo, Calif.-based operator will shift its home health, hospice, and senior living assets into a new firm known as The Pennant Group, Inc., with the deal tentatively set to close […]
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society has sold a pair of skilled nursing facilities to for-profit industry leader The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG), Skilled Nursing News has learned, marking the latest in a series of recent dispositions by the non-profit provider. The two properties in Mesa and Peoria, Ariz., branded as Good Shepherd, will be […]
Leading skilled nursing provider The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) on Thursday announced that it has successfully completed a five-year Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) oversight period. The Mission Viejo, Calif.-based company initially entered into a corporate integrity agreement (CIA) with the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) back in October 2013; at […]
The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) acquired the operations of the 99-bed Downey Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Downey, Calif. The acquisition was effective March 1. “It’s been many years since we have found the right opportunity to grow in Southern California,” Ensign President and CEO Christopher Christensen said in a statement announcing the […]
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, […]
Executives at skilled nursing operator The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) on Thursday touted record earnings numbers and continued to insist that the post-acute and long-term care space isn’t as difficult as the headlines and headwinds may make it seem. The Mission Viejo, Calif.-based firm set company records for adjusted earnings per share and diluted earnings […]
Skilled nursing rents must decline by about 10% across the board in order to ensure the facilities’ long-term stability, a Wednesday report from Green Street Advisors has concluded. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) must achieve rent coverage of around 1.9 times to achieve stability for their tenants, the real estate research firm’s analysts Lukas Hartwich […]
The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) turned in yet another positive quarter, seeing occupancy gains throughout its skilled nursing portfolio and planning future growth — but with an eye toward selectivity. The Mission Viejo, Calif.-based operator logged skilled occupancy of 77.3% in the third quarter of 2018, an increase of 165 basis points over the previous […]
The new skilled nursing payment system set to take effect in October of next year includes a 25% cap on group and concurrent therapy services, a limit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) argued is needed to ensure patients receive the therapy best suited to their needs and goals. That limit, enshrined in […]
The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) turned in yet another upbeat quarterly earnings call last week, emphasizing its improved turnaround strategies for underperforming skilled nursing facilities and its strong partnership with landlord CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE). CEO Christopher Christensen touted Ensign’s progress on bolstering operations at buildings the Mission Viejo, Calif.-based operator took over in 2017 […]
The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) this week announced the acquisition of a new office building for its Service Center employees. The 115,000-square-foot space in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. will replace a leased space in Mission Viejo, Calif., where the skilled nursing provider is currently based. “After considering dozens of possibilities over the last 18 months, […]
The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) reported sunny skilled nursing stats during the first quarter of 2018, with strong gains in both revenue and occupancy. The Mission Viejo, Calif.-based operator pulled in $46.2 million in income from its transitional and skilled services channel, a boost of 45.3% from the first quarter of 2017 and a 15.7% […]
StoneGate Announces Eight New Contracts in Oklahoma StoneGate Senior Living, a senior care and housing company based in Lewisville, Texas, added eight new properties to its lineup in Oklahoma, contracted from Southwest Healthcare. The communities offer a range of services, including skilled nursing and rehabilitation. As a result of the additions, StoneGate now contracts with […]
By October 1, Cascadia Healthcare will operate all seven of the skilled nursing facilities previously run by Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) in Idaho — but its new landlord isn’t the company that agreed to buy Kindred’s entire SNF portfolio at the end of June. The Eagle, Idaho-based Cascadia will lease the seven former Kindred SNFs […]
Capital One Provides $16.3 Million Loan to Refinance PruittHealth SNF Portfolio Capital One announced that it provided a $16.3 million loan to PruittHealth to refinance a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and an intermediate care facility for individuals with developmental disabilities (ICF-MR) in Georgia, as well as a SNF in North Carolina. Four […]
Though many of the chief executives behind some of the biggest public skilled nursing companies in the U.S. made millions of dollars last year, some earned more than others. Company leaders at Quality Care Properties (NYSE: QCP), Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND), and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) made the most in total compensation in 2016 — […]
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