NIC Notes

Insights in Seniors Housing & Care

Market Trends  |  NIC MAP Vision  |  Skilled Nursing

Skilled Nursing Medicare Mix Increased Significantly Due to Omicron

By: Bill Kauffman  |  March 31, 2022

“In periods when increased cases of COVID-19 occur at properties around the country, residents require isolation and higher skilled care, allowing operators to bill at the Medicare rate instead of Medicaid. As cases decline, you will see the mix revert back.” - Bill Kauffman NIC MAP® data, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on March 31, 2022. The report includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through January 2022.

Business Environment  |  COVID-19  |  Economic Trends  |  Market Trends  |  NIC MAP Vision

Assisted Living Demand Bouncing Back Relatively Swiftly

By: Beth Mace and Omar Zahraoui  |  March 17, 2022

The pandemic disruption in all its forms continues to test and challenge the senior housing sector. But the level of agility, preparedness and responsiveness among senior housing operators has never been higher and remains a tailwind for senior housing demand, as measured by the change in occupied stock. In this analysis, we examine the drop and subsequent recovery in the level of occupied units by majority property type since the pandemic began to influence the senior housing sector, over the period from 1Q 2020 to 4Q 2021, and across the 31 NIC MAP Primary Markets and the 68 NIC MAP Secondary Markets Aggregates.

COVID-19  |  Market Trends  |  NIC MAP Vision  |  Senior Housing

Senior Housing Proves Resilient Despite Omicron, with Stabilized Occupancy Unchanged in February 2022

By: Omar Zahraoui  |  March 10, 2022

Despite the headwinds created by the Omicron surge and the consequential staffing crisis, senior housing stabilized occupancy for the NIC MAP® Primary Markets held its ground in February 2022. This was also the case in September 2021 when occupancy withstood the Delta surge and was unchanged from August 2021.

Market Trends  |  NIC MAP Vision  |  Skilled Nursing

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Continued Slow Recovery in December

By: Bill Kauffman  |  March 03, 2022

“The Omicron variant has challenged the skilled nursing recovery given the staffing shortages around the country as skilled nursing properties are unable to hire enough staff to admit more residents.” - Bill Kauffman NIC MAP® data, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on March 3, 2022. The report includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through December 2021.

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