SNF, home care spending outpaced by overall personal healthcare spending
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2024
Year-over-year spending on nursing home care grew by 6.3% in January, and spending on home healthcare grew by 6.8%, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Wednesday....
Rise in nursing home costs ‘drastically’ affects middle class: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2023
Increasing nursing home costs “drastically affect” members of the middle class, who may not qualify for Medicaid but can’t afford the specialized geriatric services that Medicare won’t pay...
Omega Healthcare Investors has ‘headroom’ to withstand LaVie’s bankruptcy: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors’ credit rating has enough of a cushion to weather the recent bankruptcy of tenant LaVie Care Centers, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
Spending in home care outpaces other healthcare sectors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2024
Spending in home healthcare outpaced other healthcare sectors in November, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Wednesday.
American Healthcare REIT expands senior housing and care segments by $254 million
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2023
American Healthcare REIT expanded its portfolio, recast its credit facility and filed a registration statement for a proposed common stock offering in 2022, the Irvine, CA, real estate investment trust...
REIT ownership linked to decline in RN staffing, increases in LPN, CNA use
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Nursing homes, after being purchased by a real estate investment trust, are likely to see increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant staff hours per resident day of 2.15% and...
American Healthcare REIT ‘bullish’ on long-term care prospects, exec says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2024
American Healthcare REIT is “bullish” on the prospects for senior living and skilled nursing over the next several years, President and CEO Danny Prosky said on Friday’s earnings call with...
States, other countries offer insights into making long-term care more affordable: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2023
No single approach to long-term care financing is ideal, but “approaches from within the United States and abroad offer insights into how healthcare systems and payment models can be leveraged or expanded...
Genesis Healthcare adds 38 former ProMedica SNFs to portfolio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2023
Kennett Square, PA-based Genesis Healthcare is adding 34 nursing homes in Pennsylvania and four in Colorado, all formerly operated by Toledo, OH-based ProMedica Senior Care.
State staffing policies could hamper MedPAC’s recommendations on federal mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 11, 2022
A federal minimum staffing mandate is on the horizon for nursing homes at the beginning of 2023. Providers and experts wonder just how the proposed mandate might address historic staffing shortages without...