Costs rise, quality falls after nursing home acquisitions: review
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
As acquisitions in US seniors housing and senior care continue at record levels, a new paper in an international medical journal finds such transactions typically bring about a rise in costs and a drop...
Welcome to Mongo’s world, nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 20, 2023
Long-term care providers can surely use a smile in times like these, even if it means a bittersweet grin in the end.
Private equity: not just for nursing homes
By
Brendan Williams
Jul 05, 2023
You may think you know the story: Private equity firms buying up healthcare businesses and sticking it to payers.
Lawmakers pass on increasing nursing home staffing minimums but hike transparency requirements
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 20, 2023
Connecticut’s nursing home owners will be required to disclose ties to private equity companies or real estate investment trusts under new state rules.
Robust ownership data could drive healthier nursing home deals: study author
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2023
Greater insight into potential buyers is just one possible benefit of proposed rules that would make publicly available more information about private equity and real estate investment trust ownership...
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.