2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (399+ words) CareTrust REIT delivered the largest single investment quarter in its history during the second quarter of 2026, driven by continuous expansion across the skilled nursing sector. The real estate investment trust deployed approximately $900 million in capital during Q2 at a blended stabilized…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (160+ words) CMS unveils aggressive plan to fine, more easily expel noncompliant Medicare providers >> The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday proposed new rules that would make it easier for regulators to remove skilled nursing providers from the Medicare program and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1111+ words) Every day in the United States, 10,000 people turn 65 – and as more of those aging Americans need help with daily activities, our long-term care crisis grows more urgent. About 70% of older adults will need some long-term care at some point, from…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (467+ words) Skilled nursing deals made up more than one-third of publicly announced mergers and acquisitions in the senior care sector last quarter, as independent living and continuing care retirement community deals remained at low levels. Overall, there were 231 public deals in…...

4+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (465+ words) Nine months after a new fiscal year started, federal officials have yet to sign off on Indiana’s Medicaid payment methodology, leaving providers there waiting on $462 million in funding. In Ohio, providers are owed $1 billion in state and federal payments dating…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (717+ words) One of at least 24 states that gave control of institutional long-term care to private insurance companies is walking away from the failed experiment. Indiana Gov. Michael Braun (R) on Thursday signed into law a change that will move nursing home patients…...

5+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (1254+ words) Changes to a key component of the Patient Driven Payment Model remain in limbo two years after they were first proposed, but federal regulators are still poised to refine the system to accommodate for unexpected spending and evolving patient needs....

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (947+ words) The collapse of a nursing home deal in Western New York after nearly three years is a prime example of how drawing out and complicating state-level change of ownership processes may “steer operators away” from the skilled nursing sector, a…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (364+ words) A close relative with a recent health emergency faced the Medicare Advantage (MA) wall that we experience multiple times a day. After an ER visit that sent her home with “mild COVID”, she began to decline at home. Her sons…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (313+ words) Credit to my colleague Jim Berklan for his clear-eyed take on last Thursday’s PACS Group earnings call. He nailed the headline numbers. But what stuck with me after reading his story was something quieter, something bigger: a change in the…...