Want to drive market value? Change strategy, financial experts advise
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 19, 2022
Valuing skilled nursing properties remains a widely varying challenge for lenders.
‘Favorable trends’ put Genesis Healthcare in a buying mood
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2019
With a third consecutive quarter of occupancy growth and margin expansion, Genesis Healthcare wants to increase its real estate ownership even further, company leaders said Thursday morning.
Regulatory stance threatening skilled nursing access: Cascadia’s Steve LaForte
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2022
The pandemic has driven skilled nursing operators to become more collaborative, but federal and state government officials must make a similar shift if they hope to maintain access and improve quality...
Nursing homes finally seeing benefits of Medicare Advantage supplemental services
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2023
Supplemental benefits designed to address seniors’ health and well-being have long targeted community-dwelling beneficiaries. They have grown from simple dental and vision add-ons to a wide swath of...
LTC Properties had its strongest investment year since 2015, company leaders said Thursday, with Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson touting $170 million in annual investment as proof of a “hard-won positive...
SNFist practice driven out of business by False Claims allegations must face trial
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 28, 2023
A once well-regarded but now-shuttered physician practice must face trial in a False Claims Act case alleging it overbilled for skilled nursing care, a federal judge ruled this week.
‘Staggering’ 23% of nurse aides, other SNF support workers face hunger
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 09, 2021
Nearly a quarter of healthcare support workers in nursing homes and other residential care settings struggle with hunger, according to a first-of-its kind study published in Health Affairs Wednesday.
NHI’s skilled nursing ‘resilience’ bolstered by Ensign, National HealthCare
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2022
The performance of key skilled nursing operators National HealthCare Corporation and Ensign Group buoyed National Health Investors’ second-quarter stats, even as the real estate investment trust continued...
Worth the risk
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 06, 2017
Owners and operators of long-term care facilities can entice increasingly discerning financial partners into niche projects — if they go about it the right way
Locking the box
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2015
The HIPAA landscape evolves for providers as cloud storage, mobile devices and large-scale cyber attacks present new challenges to security and privacy efforts