


Disrupters and Other Game Changers
The annual Senior Living Innovation Forum kicks off this weekend, and it is a great meeting to talk openly about how we can do things differently, and better, to both survive and thrive. I am heading out to the annual Senior Living Innovation Forum this weekend, and I just can’t wait. It is relatively small, around 200 people, and is designed to be an open discussion with C-suite executives in a casual format. But the discussions focus on ideas that may shape the industry in the future. Or disrupt certain aspects of it. Or lower costs in an environment where many providers are being challenged both with costs and with revenues. I have been tasked to lead a session called “Capital vs.... Read More »
A HUD Debacle With SNFs?
One major default is used to blast a very profitable arm of the government. I don’t know if anyone noticed the June 3 lead article in The New York Times business section, but the reporter, Matthew Goldstein, should have talked to more people. One company, Rosewood Care Centers, defaulted on $146 million in loans secured by 13 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Illinois and Missouri. According to the story, it now demonstrates the “problems plaguing the HUD program.” Plaguing? Give me a break. Yes, it may have been likely that the buyer of these facilities in 2013 had few financing options given the two states’ reimbursement history, but that is one reason why HUD is supposed... Read More »
Flashback Friday: Brookdale Becomes King
Oh, how times have changed. And the mighty have fallen. Taking a look at the June issue of The SeniorCare Investor from 2006, what headline appears? “Brookdale Becomes King: Changing the Face of Seniors Housing.” Hindsight is 20/20, but there were already warning signs of Brookdale Senior Living’s bust as it was in the middle of a meteoric rise. Debuting on the New York Stock Exchange in November 2005 at $19.00 per share, Brookdale went on an acquisition spree in the months afterwards, culminating in its May 2006 acquisition of American Retirement Corporation for $33.00 per share, or $1.2 billion plus assumed debt and leases. Also coming along with the deal was ARC’s CEO Bill Sheriff, who... Read More »
The Skilled Nursing M&A Market
Have we hit bottom, or will values continue to decline? Join us next Thursday as we try to decipher what the market holds for investors over the next several years. Depending on who you talk to, skilled nursing facility values, and the SNF M&A market in general, are going to be troubled for a while. Or, we have hit bottom, and with the new PDPM reimbursement system starting in a few months, SNFs will claim their rightful spot in the healthcare delivery food chain, with values increasing. That is quite a difference in opinion, and one where billions of dollars are at stake. Next Thursday, we are hosting a webinar on the skilled nursing acquisition market to try to decipher where it is... Read More »