Transactions & Financings: NIC Acquires VisionLTC Data Platform; Atlas Expands Footprint

The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) is strengthening its data analytics platform. The industry group this week announced the acquisition of VisionLTC, a data analytics platform based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The platform will be integrated into the group’s NIC MAP data service to create a new platform, NIC MAP Vision. […]

[White Paper] Finding Hidden Senior Housing Opportunity

Following the recent senior housing development boom, oversupply is a major concern for owners, operators and developers, as it continues to depress occupancy numbers across the country. But there are still market areas ripe for expansion, with strong demographic growth and rising demand. This white paper will explore how to determine where opportunity lies in […]

[White Paper] Finding Hidden Senior Housing Opportunity

Following the recent senior housing development boom, oversupply is a major concern for owners, operators and developers, as it continues to depress occupancy numbers across the country. But there are still market areas ripe for expansion, with strong demographic growth and rising demand. This white paper will explore how to determine where opportunity lies in […]

Tech Beat: New Lyft Partnership, $1.2 Billion Ability Acquisition

Lyft, Allscripts Join Forces to Provide Health Care Transportation A new partnership between ride-hailing service Lyft and healthcare information technology firm Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) could result in less lower-income patients missing doctor’s appointments due to lack of transportation. Under the new partnership, clinicians will be able order non-emergency Lyft rides for their patients using Allscript’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, […]

First-Of-Its-Kind Assisted Living Quality Database Launching in October

Soon, the assisted living industry may have its own version of ‘Nursing Home Compare.’ Raleigh, North Carolina-based senior housing analytics platform VisionLTC and Formation Healthcare Group (FHG)—a subsidiary of private investment management firm Formation Capital—recently joined forces to develop an assisted living quality database. The new database will serve many purposes, according to VisionLTC CEO Arick Morton. […]