Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN) has become the latest major post-acute care provider to strike a settlement with federal authorities to resolve allegations of improper billing practices, this time to the tune of $52.7 million. Kennett Square, Pennsylvania-based Genesis has been under four separate DOJ investigations, all of which will come to an end through the […]
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At the outset of the year, it appeared investors might find skilled nursing sexy again in 2016. One quarter in, skilled nursing is garnering a lot of attention, but some investors are attracted while others appear to be rejecting these assets as too risky. At least, that’s judging by questions asked and some heated discussions […]
Welltower Buys Florida Senior Living Community for $79 Million Welltower (NYSE: HCN) acquired the 325-unit Aston Gardens senior living community in Parkland, Florida, for $78.62 million, or $241,908 per unit. AG Parkland Senior Housing I LLC, an affiliate of Boca Raton, Florida-based Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors, sold the retirement community to the Toledo, Ohio-based REIT. The […]
The latest move by Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) to spin off its skilled nursing assets into a separate real estate investment trust (REIT) may have come as a surprise for a company that has continually touted the diversification of its portfolio. But the move may actually position the REIT as having a strategic advantage against […]
National long term care provider Kindred is seeking permission from the Department of Health Services to close Wisconsin’s largest nursing home, currently leased by the company from Ventas. Based on a joint decision between the landlord and Kindred, the company has requested permission to close Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation-Milwaukee—a 473-bed nursing home that is […]