As our healthcare system continues to shift from the fee-for-service payment and delivery model to a value-based system, the seniors housing and skilled nursing sector
will increasingly experience significant change. Not only policy, but
demographic change, workforce issues, evolving consumer expectations and
the dynamics of competitive markets are beginning to drive a period of
disruption featuring a host of new…
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Expanding on a recent
NIC blog post that detailed care segment performance in the NIC MAP® 31 Primary Markets since the most recent Q42014 market cycle peak, and
another blog post that went a step further and examined segment market fundamentals
within Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs, also referred to as life plan communities) compared with those in non-CCRC freestanding…
Over the year, the U.S. economy added 2.64 million jobs, making it the third best year for job growth since the recession a decade ago and the third best year since 2000.
The Labor Department also reported that there were 312,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in December, well above the consensus expectation of 176,000. This was the 99th…
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Jobs Report,
Labor,
Managed Care,
Market Study,
Nursing Care,
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Research,
Revenue,
Senior Living,
Seniors Housing,
Skilled Nursing,
U.S. Economy,
Unemployment,
VolumeMedicare is changing the way skilled nursing operators are paid, effective October 2019. The new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) system replaces Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) and will dramatically shift predictors of financial success, while raising new compliance concerns as operators change their business strategies to adapt. Skilled nursing investors, as well as owners, operators, and care/service providers will not want…
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