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COVID-19  |  Skilled Nursing  |  Skilled Nursing Tracker

93% of Skilled Nursing Facilities Report No New Cases of COVID-19

By: Omar Zahraoui  |  March 10, 2021

In a promising sign for the sector, no new COVID-19 cases were reported in 93% of U.S. skilled nursing facilities for the week ending February 21, according to data available in the NIC Skilled Nursing COVID-19 Tracker

NIC MAP Vision  |  Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Hits Low in December 2020

By: Bill Kauffman  |  March 10, 2021

NIC MAP® Data Service released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on March 4, 2021, which includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through December 2020.

Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing

Per-Resident Rate of COVID-19 Infections Reaches Pandemic Record Low Point as Case Counts Continue to Dip

By: Omar Zahraoui  |  March 01, 2021

NIC’s Skilled Nursing COVID-19 Tracker, featuring the most up-to-date CMS data as of February 14, 2021, shows that the per-resident rate of new COVID-19 infections in skilled nursing facilities continued to fall and reached a pandemic record-low point on February 14 (0.34%). This was 0.20 percentage points below the previous nadir of 0.54% reached eight months ago on June 21, 2020 and was down 2.69 percentage points from 3.03% at its peak on December 20.

NIC Leadership Huddle  |  Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing

Is There an Investment Case for Skilled Nursing in the Intra-and Post-Pandemic World?

By: NIC  |  March 01, 2021

With all-too-frequent headlines of “nursing home deaths,” federal and state deficits, increased competition from home health agencies, and historic low occupancy levels while wage pressures continue – how will the nursing home industry emerge from the pandemic? In the latest NIC Leadership Huddle event, expert panelists, and then attendees in small groups, joined a spirited discussion on the skilled nursing sector’s short-term and long-term operational challenges and the impact on property valuations.

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