The Labor Department reported that there were 148,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in December. This was below the consensus expectation of 190,000 jobs. This marked the 87th consecutive month of positive job gains for the U.S. economy. Revisions subtracted 9,000 jobs to the prior two months. For all of 2017, the economy generated 2.1 million jobs and averaged…
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A recent
study conducted with financial support from the National Institute for Health Care Management, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and published in the journal
Production and Operations Management found that California nursing homes may be artificially inflating their self-reported data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for the five-star rating system on Nursing Home…
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As the seniors housing and care industry’s leading data provider, NIC tracks occupancy, rental rates, supply and construction data for independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs)/life plan communities (LPCs). Through the NIC MAP® client portal, subscribers have access to robust web-based tools and reports, including market-level summaries and historical time-series data for…
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The NIC MAP Data Service recently unveiled its latest product enhancement to the NIC MAP Local Property Search tool as it introduced a new class of trade areas based on drive time or driving distance from a seniors housing, skilled nursing property or targeted location. Drive-time analysis allows a user to customize a trade area or primary market area (PMA)…
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Key Takeaways from the Third Quarter 2017 Report
NIC has just released its third quarter 2017 Skilled Nursing Data Report, which includes key monthly data on skilled nursing metrics from October 2012 through September 2017.
The current report is based on data collected monthly, but reported quarterly, from approximately 20 operators and 1,500 properties. The data represents national, aggregate figures. …
Topics:
Aging,
Data,
Managed Care,
Market Study,
Medicaid,
Medicare,
Nursing Care,
Occupancy,
Quarterly Report,
Seniors Housing,
Skilled Nursing
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