The Gold Standard A Bit Tarnished
A scathing article from The Washington Post discloses quality problems at HCR ManorCare before its sale to Welltower and ProMedica Health System. For those of you who missed the Thanksgiving weekend article from the Washington Post about poor care at HCR ManorCare’s nursing facilities in Pennsylvania, well, why ruin a great weekend? All kidding aside, it did not portray HCR ManorCare in a very good light, citing numerous cases of poor care and lack of staffing. But I am not sure if they were attacking HCR ManorCare itself, or The Carlyle Group, which owned the company at the time and did the $6 billion sale/leaseback which financially strangled them. Granted, most of the events cited in... Read More »
CareTrust Completes Second HCR ManorCare Acquisition
CareTrust REIT headed to Fargo, North Dakota for its latest acquisition, adding a 110-bed skilled nursing facility to its portfolio for a purchase price of approximately $4.75 million, or $43,200 per bed, inclusive of transaction costs. There is also an estimated cap rate of about 13.25%. The facility was previously operated by HCR ManorCare and represents the second HCR facility CareTrust has picked up this year, having previously purchased a 99-bed facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Like the Aberdeen property, the North Dakota facility was added to an existing master lease with Eduro Healthcare at an annual rate of $425,000, with a remaining term of 12 years, two five-year renewal... Read More »
Tryko Partners Picks Up HCR ManorCare Facility
Quality Care Properties divested one of its HCR ManorCare-operated skilled nursing facilities in New Jersey, with Tryko Partners stepping in as the buyer. Built in 1974, the 106-bed facility is located in New Providence (Newark MSA), which will complement Tryko’s existing strong presence in central and northern New Jersey. The facility is located close to six area hospitals, but currently just two providers refer about 90% of admitted patients. With services that include post-acute, short-term rehab and long-term residential care, it also maintains a five-star rating from CMS. Even with the already-high rating, Tryko will still immediately launch into a multi-million-dollar upgrade of the... Read More »
HCR ManorCare Deal The Future Or A Risk?
Hospitals and post-acute providers have not mixed well in the past, but ProMedica Health System hopes that changes. I keep thinking about the Welltower and ProMedica Health System acquisition of Quality Care Properties and HCR ManorCare. Given today’s valuations, ProMedica may have gotten a bit of a deal with ManorCare’s home health and hospice business. But we are still not convinced that a basically two-state hospital system will benefit from owning skilled nursing and assisted living all over the country. Will the tail wag the dog? Yes, there are a lot of unusual alliances going on in healthcare services today, with pharmacies buying insurers, and insurers buying anything they can get... Read More »Schedule a demo
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