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Inside Specialized Clinical Programs at Nursing Homes: Training and Monitoring for Complex Residents

By Amy Stulick |

More robust staff training, certifications and standardized clinical practices are major levers clinical leaders are employing to meet continued rising acuity, coupled with increased comorbidities and behavioral challenges. Specialized clinical programs involving wound care, infection prevention, antipsychotic reduction, behavioral health and IV medications, among others, are being standardized and monitored with dashboards while operators invest […]

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Fall Detection, Audits: How AI Helps Trilogy, Signature Improve Nursing Home Operations 

By Amy Stulick |

AI and predictive analytic tools can help operators improve clinical care, reduce staff workloads, and identify future health issues earlier. But operators must support staff without adding complexity to their operations to make them work. Tech partners and in-house platforms can help nursing home operators avoid unapproved technologies that could expose a facility to HIPAA […]

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Inside the Trilogy Playbook: AHR Execs Showcase Operating Partner’s Revenue Management, Development Expertise, Staffing Strategies 

By Amy Stulick |

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR) sees regional nursing home operator Trilogy Health Services as a gold standard for operational lessons to apply across its portfolio and across care settings, and an “operational laboratory” to test out best practices. That’s according to AHR Chairman and CEO Jeff Hanson, who spoke at the Bank of America Securities […]

Podcast

Trilogy COO Todd Mehaffey on the Future of Nursing Homes: AI, MA and the Importance of Hospitality 

By Amy Stulick |

The nursing home sector is expected to get a lot more competitive in the years to come. As hospitality gets baked into every service line, AI use and strong interdisciplinary teams will be defining features of high-performing operators. But some existing headwinds will persist, including Medicare Advantage, Trilogy Health Services COO Todd Mehaffey told Skilled […]

Clinical

Most Cited Nursing Home Violation Remains Infection Prevention Deficiencies in 2026 Amid Respiratory Virus Challenges

By Zahida Siddiqi |
Syringes

Infection prevention and control deficiencies remain the most cited compliance violation for nursing homes in the first half of 2026, with respiratory viruses, gastrointestinal viruses and multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) among the top concerns. While many of these threats can be minimized through effective protocols and readily available vaccines, infection prevention efforts can also be complicated […]

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American Healthcare REIT: Trilogy’s MA Strategy, Integrated Nursing Home-AL Campuses Drive Margins

By Amy Stulick |

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR) dug into Trilogy Health Services’ inflation-resistant model, which has delivered healthy margins for the real estate investment trust by combining skilled nursing and assisted living under one roof.  It’s a fee-free version of the continuing care retirement community (CCRC), interim CEO Jeff Hanson said during the company’s first quarter earnings […]

Compliance

Hospital, Nursing Home Data and Communication Gaps Underpin OIG Falls Report

By Kristin Carroll |
Doctor holding pen

A recently released report from a federal watchdog agency drew attention to nursing homes’ underreporting of resident falls involving major injury – but policymakers and providers should not overlook the data and communication gaps and discrepancies between nursing homes and hospitals that are at issue in the report’s findings. That’s a message that several nursing […]

Clinical

Trilogy Chief Medical Officer: Payers, SNF Providers Have Many Opportunities to Simplify Medicare Advantage

By Kristin Carroll |
Trilogy Chief Medical Officer Andrew McNamara

The rise of Medicare Advantage has created problems related to skilled nursing, including “unneeded and unnecessary care delays,” according to Trilogy Health Services Chief Medical Officer Andrew McNamara, M.D. However, SNF providers also have to better understand Medicare Advantage in order to address these issues, McNamara told Skilled Nursing News in an interview that has […]

Clinical

How Trilogy, ALIYA Combat Big, Bad 3 Clinical Concerns In Nursing Homes

By Guest Contributor |
Dr. Geraldine Luna and Dr. Andrew McNamara speak at RETHINK

By Kristin Carroll More advanced technology, a team-based approach to prevention and care, and concerted efforts to drive vaccination are among the key strategies that can help nursing home providers combat infections, falls and pressure ulcers. These “big, bad three” clinical challenges are persistent within facilities but providers can “improve them drastically,” Dr. Andrew McNamara, […]

2024 Clinical Dashboard Series

The Clinical Dashboard: Rhonda Dempsey, Chief Nursing Officer, Trilogy Health Services

By Zahida Siddiqi |

In this Clinical Dashboard Series interview, Skilled Nursing News chats with Rhonda Dempsey, Chief Nursing Officer at Trilogy Health Services. With over 30 years of health care experience, Dempsey offers her expertise around the ideal clinical dashboard — including an emphasis on enhanced communication, increasing valuable care for patients and more. What are the three […]

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American Healthcare REIT Touts IPO Success, Skilled Nursing Performance, Strong Trilogy Partnership

By Shelby Grebbin |

Executives for American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR), which launched a public offering in February, said Friday that they were optimistic about the company’s long-term care prospects even as occupancy growth might not be as robust in 2024 as in the year prior. During the company’s earnings call to discuss 2024 annual and 2023 fourth quarter […]

Finance

American Healthcare REIT Raises $672M in IPO, On Low End

By Amy Stulick |

American Healthcare REIT fell short of its targeted initial public offering (IPO) amount, raising $672 million. The Irvine, California-based real estate investment trust was aiming to raise up to $840 million. Shares were sold at the bottom of a marketed range, adding to a run of modest performances as more companies moved ahead with new […]

Finance

American Healthcare REIT Announces IPO, Aims to Raise $840M

By Zahida Siddiqi |

American Healthcare REIT announced Monday the terms of its expected initial public offering (IPO), saying that it was aiming to raise up to $840 million. The California-based real estate investment trust’s (REIT) primary operating partner is Louisville, Kentucky-based Trilogy Health Services, which is one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing and senior living providers. The […]

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Executive Outlook 2024: Inside the Headwinds and Opportunities That Await Nursing Homes

By Zahida Siddiqi |
Jenga

Nursing home leaders from across the nation, including the largest advocacy groups for the sector, plan to oversee efforts in 2024 to increase funding – both from the federal government and through improved revenue streams as operating pressures ease slightly. At the center of these efforts is an attempt at influencing the political will and […]

Development & Renovation

Trilogy to ‘Reintegrate’ Ancillary Services Company Synchrony, Bufford Steps Back from CEO Role

By Team SHN |

Trilogy Health Services is bringing ancillary services provider Synchrony back in house, with Synchrony CEO and Trilogy Founder Randall Bufford stepping back from his leadership role. According to an announcement published Tuesday, Synchrony is joining Trilogy as a business unit rather than remaining a separate company subsidiary. Bufford is dropping his CEO role but will […]

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PDPM is a Start, But Rising Acuity at Nursing Homes Demands Building New Payment Models for Adequate Reimbursement 

By Amy Stulick |

As acuity continues to rise among nursing home residents, providers say reimbursement needs to change too – and not just the dollar amount. Incentives should be based on quality of care, and the industry will need to build out specific reimbursement models to match expanded acuity specialities, especially as value-based care becomes more and more […]

Voices

Voices: Randall J. Bufford Founder & Chairman, Trilogy Health Services, LLC, President & CEO – Synchrony Health Services

By Mick Stahlberg |

This article is sponsored by Synchrony Health Services. In this Voices Interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Randall J. Bufford, Founder & Chairman of Trilogy Health Services, and President & CEO of Synchrony Health Services, to learn about Synchrony’s progressive approach to integrated solutions and the benefits of utilizing a sole vendor partner. He […]