For SNFs, it’s out of the COVID pan and into the financing fire
By
John Hall
Nov 01, 2021
Government support has kept some facilities afloat, but persistent challenges may require investments they can’t afford long-term.
Cautiously optimistic, bankers open for business with SNFs
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2022
Lenders taking positive long view with skilled nursing, even though ‘the sector as a whole simply does not have enough labor right now’
Is Senior Care Centers a proverbial canary in the coal mine?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2019
When Senior Care Centers announced it would seek creditor protection, shockwaves quickly shot through the field.
Two years into COVID, private room pressure still won’t quit
By
John Hall
Dec 01, 2021
Private room conversions remain limited as economic, reimbursement and workforce challenges take center stage, even while evidence against shared rooms mounts.
FocusOn January briefs
Jan 05, 2020
»Morrison Living’s new name paired with shift to hospitality approach; Survey keys on post-baby boom food preferences; Prime Care Tech releases app, new PBJ predictive tools; American HealthTech continues...
How to do it … Battle staffing demons as well as inflation
By
John Hall
May 01, 2022
Experts explain here how nursing homes can best navigate choppy financial waters ahead.
Getting wider, not bigger: An investment and planning recipe for survival before the big senior wave
By
John Hall
Nov 15, 2019
At first blush, expanding any business in a time of declining numbers of customers and sagging construction starts seems illogical. But it’s exactly what may help skilled nursing facilities thrive and...
Financial literacy 101: Scoop deeply from this alphabet soup, lenders urge SNF operators
By
John Hall
Jan 03, 2019
Bankers say long-term care borrowers would do well to tend to their knowledge of financial fundamentals as much as they do the physical appearance of their landscapes and reception areas when it comes...
NIRS spotlights slow-to-heal wounds
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Near infrared spectroscopy can accurately assess oxygen levels in wounds and help providers predict which ones will be slow to heal.
Curavi purchases TripleCare, creating large telemed entity
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 04, 2019
As telemedicine becomes an increasingly intriguing option for nursing homes, Curavi Health Inc. announced last month that it had purchased TripleCare.