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December 29, 2020, Jeff Lagasse, Healthcare Finance - Telehealth has played a critical role in healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic, and this is especially true for older Americans. Given the numerous restrictions and guidelines that have been enacted to help slow the spread…
December 23, 2020, Federal Agency News - HUD published its updated 2020 Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) Guide, which becomes effective January 21, 2021. In addition to some reorganization…
December 21, 2020, Kelsi Borland, GlobeSt.com - National apartment vacancy rates are rising, but a new multifamily report from Moody’s Analytics REIS says that the higher rate isn’t a concern. This year, the multifamily vacancy rates increased 30 basis points…
December 21, 2020, Carl O'Donnell, Reuters - The U.S. government and two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains kick off a nationwide campaign to vaccinate nursing home residents against COVID-19 on Monday, a week after the first vaccines…
December 18, 2020, Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News - There’s no easy way to look back over 2020 in the skilled nursing sector. That’s both in the sense of the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the sense of trying to review it in a way that would make…
December 18, 2020, Lisa Gillespie, Skilled Nursing News - Starting New Year’s Day, payment rates for occupational, speech, and physical therapy for Medicare Part B will…
December 17, 2020, Alex Spanko, Skilled Nursing News - Skilled nursing and senior living landlord LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) will reduce rent escalators for its tenants by 50% in 2021, the real estate investment…
December 16, 2020, Alex Spanko, Skilled Nursing News - The federal government on Wednesday announced an expansion of the third phase of COVID-19 relief for health care providers, specifically releasing an extra $1.1 billion to nursing homes. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
December 14, 2020, Alex Spanko, Skilled Nursing News - Despite grim numbers around COVID-19 rates and cratering occupancy in skilled nursing facilities, a variety of factors conspired to improve top operators’ lease coverage in the third quarter of 2020 — with a tentatively brighter outlook…
December 14, 2020, Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News - The emergency use authorization (EUA) granted to Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) COVID-19 vaccine late on Friday launched a flurry of promises and commitments…