Skilled nursing occupancy hit new record low of 71.7% in December: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Mar 05, 2021
Just as recent efforts to vaccinate long-term care patients and frontline healthcare workers began at the end of December, occupancy at the nation’s skilled nursing facilities reached its lowest level...
Town’s only nursing facility converting to ALF, as national study finds ‘dangerously low’ occupancy...
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Amy Novotney
Dec 03, 2020
Amid deteriorating finances that don’t allow for much-needed building infrastructure updates, the only skilled nursing facility in the town of Norton, MA, will be closing by early next year and will...
SRZ Management acquires Missouri SNF from National Healthcare Corp., plans to preserve the property
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Amy Novotney
Nov 25, 2020
St. Louis-based skilled nursing and rehab operator SRZ Management announced this week that it has acquired a 282-bed skilled nursing facility from Nashville, TN-based National Healthcare Corp.
Skilled care M&A market now one of best on record: ESI
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Amy Novotney
Nov 04, 2020
Although the skilled nursing industry — as much of the economy — appears to be in a constant state of flux given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the election, one real estate brokerage firm says...
Nursing home firms snag high-powered lobbyists
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Amy Novotney
Aug 18, 2020
An analysis published in the New York Times Sunday examined the efforts of some of the country’s largest nursing home companies to assemble lobbyists to help advocate for protection against lawsuits,...
Supply of post-acute care facilities continued decline last year: MedPAC report
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Amy Novotney
Jul 21, 2020
The nation’s supply of inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities continued to decline in 2019, contracting by 1.5%, 3.9% and 0.8%, respectively. That’s...
SNFs received a nearly 9% Medicare rate boost from COVID-19 patients in April: analysis
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Amy Novotney
Jun 17, 2020
April’s average per diem Medicare rate paid for COVID-19 patients in skilled nursing facilities was $669, according to an analysis of claims submitted by the more than 1,300 SNFs, conducted by Zimmet...
Nearly three-quarters of SNFs reported occupancy declines in first half of April: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Apr 17, 2020
Seventy percent of skilled nursing facility operators saw declines in their occupancy rates compared with one month ago, according to data collected from owners and executives at 146 seniors housing and...
NIC report: Half of SNFs reported declines in occupancy rates and a deceleration in move-in rates last...
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Amy Novotney
Apr 06, 2020
About half of nursing homes saw declines in their occupancy rates last month, according to data collected from owners and executives at 180 seniors housing and skilled nursing operators from across the...
Record prices paid for assisted living units, while SNFs top $93,000
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Amy Novotney
Mar 25, 2020
Before the coronavirus pandemic took over the U.S. economy, the seniors housing and care market was as a roll, according to data released Monday from Norwalk, CT-based Irving Levin Associates. The average...