Friday, August 7, 2026 - Updated Daily
Friday, August 7, 2026 - Updated Daily
According to a Feb. 11 report by Chartis, 432 rural hospitals are at risk of closure. Chartis analyzed 15 indicators and identified 10 significant predictors, including Medicaid expansion status, average length of stay, occupancy, changes…
The healthcare sector has experienced another quarter of record-high distress levels, as indicated by the volume of bankruptcy filings, with the senior living and care sector at the forefront. This bankruptcy trend for senior living…
Monday, Fitch Ratings dropped a Non-Rating Commentary about staffing challenges in Life Plan and SNF organizations. Per the release, “Though growing for some time, payrolls for U.S. life plan communities (LPCs) and skilled nursing facilities…
The February CPI report courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is out this morning and not only is inflation sticky, its ticking back up. I envisioned that the White House, upon seeing the report,…
When I got married to my wife and business partner (the partner came after), part of our honeymoon was spent in Las Vegas. While there, we caught Penn and Teller’s Vegas show and it was…
Among the many healthcare sectors I follow, rural healthcare has become my favorite. Oddly enough, it’s not because of the policy issues that exist, though it should be. It is because it is an overlooked…
Welp, it’s Fat Tuesday and the King Cake isn’t any cheaper compared to last year. Nothing in today’s January CPI report bears good news for senior living or healthcare providers as the headline inflation number…
Senior Housing News and Lument conducted a survey (November of 2023) of senior living organizations and executives regarding their outlook for 2024. They consolidated the responses into a report. That report is available here: 2024-shn-lument-outlooksurveyreport-vf.original…
Happy Hump Day! Today’s post is shorter than normal as I have to attend a funeral on behalf of one of my partners (also a very close, close friend). His mom passed away recently, and…
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG), issued a report regarding the performance of contracted state agencies with respect to nursing home (SNF) compliance surveys. CMS…
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