Genesis, Skilled Healthcare deal forms mega-company
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2014
Genesis HealthCare and Skilled Healthcare Group will merge to create a single company with more than 500 facilities nationwide, the providers announced in late August.
Some unsolicited advice to Genesis: Good luck with the new ‘owners’
By
John O'Connor
Aug 22, 2014
This week’s blockbuster deal has private equity-backed Genesis HealthCare combining with Skilled Healthcare Group.In some ways, these sorts of marriages seem all but inevitable. After all, in the...
Another one bites the dust
By
John O'Connor
Nov 15, 2021
Skilled care has been absorbing a lot of body blows lately. The latest was delivered Friday, and it’s going to leave a mark.
Deal is a true groundbreaker
By
John O'Connor
Nov 02, 2012
Genesis HealthCare is partnering with Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Bayview campus in a $20 million project that may force many analysts to revamp skilled care bed valuations — and the nature of hospital-SNF...
PDPM kick-off sparks layoffs
By
John O'Connor
Nov 07, 2019
The Patient Driven Payment Model kicked in Oct. 1, spurring numerous layoffs and rearrangement of therapists around the country. Genesis Rehab said it had laid off 585 of about 10,000 employees, while...
A new PDPM strategy emerges: ‘Why take a chance?’
By
John O'Connor
Oct 04, 2019
If it seems like a lot of skilled nursing facility therapists are suddenly getting laid off, it’s no coincidence.
PDPM: Here’s the rub
By
John O'Connor
Nov 14, 2019
If it seems like a lot of skilled nursing facility therapists have been getting laid off, it’s no coincidence. Genesis Healthcare grabbed the early lead in the pink slip parade. The firm let go of about...
Why nursing homes won’t be catching many breaks this year
By
John O'Connor
Feb 03, 2014
When you talk to experts in this field about the year ahead, an unsettling pattern soon emerges. Almost everyone seems fairly confident that regulators will be taking a much closer look at operators.
‘Picked the wrong week to quit drinking’
By
John O'Connor
Mar 22, 2021
What are long-term care operators supposed to do when almost everything seems to be spinning out of control?
Is it time for operators to focus on small ball?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 02, 2017
Rick Matros tweaked more than a few noses last week when he made some rather disparaging remarks about the benefits of investing in behemoths. As he sees it, there pretty much are none.