Private equity in the crosshairs: Administration continues to question role of private equity in LTC
By
Tom Barnard
Alison Schurick
Kathleen R. Salsbury
Sabrina Marquez
Mar 13, 2023
Over the past year, the Biden administration has expressed serious doubts about the developing role of private equity investment in the long-term care industry. In a Fact Sheet released in late February...
Feds blur nursing home ownership lines with new transparency rule: critics
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2023
Some nursing home owners and advocates on Monday criticized federal officials for lumping together private equity investors and healthcare-focused real estate investment trusts in its yearlong focus on...
Bright light on hospice sector uncomfortable for all
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 29, 2022
When my boys are home, they’re more liable to take a share of the heat or earn the blame if something goes wrong. I imagine that must be what nursing home operators are feeling this week.
Public officials and consumer groups have alleged negative effects of private equity’s ownership of nursing homes. But those investors also are squeezing providers themselves through a critical mechanism:...
Concerns about private equity in long-term care not confined to the US
By
Joe Bush
Sep 28, 2022
Private equity involvement in the British long-term care sector is now experiencing complaints that echo those recently tossed around by some US lawmakers, officials and other stakeholders lately.
BREAKING: Congressional study eviscerates for-profit nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 21, 2022
Dire conditions inside for‑profit nursing home chains contributed to deadly, early-pandemic conditions inside facilities, while “convoluted corporate structures” may have helped companies “obscure...
Also in the News, Sept. 20
By
Joe Bush
Sep 20, 2022
More looks at private equity effects on SNF…Facility sued for discrimination after firing unvaccinated employees…$15 an hour in jeapordy for Fla. long-term care workers…CDC updates National Healthcare...
Private equity deals slow in 2022 after 2021 high
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2022
Private equity healthcare provider deals have slowed in early 2022 after reaching a high in 2021, according to recent reports.
With REIT ownership of SNFs at 12%, experts question compatibility of business and healthcare goals
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2022
Last year, real estate investment trusts owned an estimated 12% of all skilled nursing facilities, a level that Harvard researchers say should push policymakers to “ensure that the REIT business model...
Feds formally investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 14, 2022
The federal government’s focus on private equity ownership in nursing homes is just a “red herring” for lawmakers, one leader said after the launch of a new probe into the matter.