Skilled Nursing News December 19, 2025
Nursing home dealmaking in 2025 was active but often contentious, notably with the ongoing sale of Genesis assets through December, following the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy announcement in July.
The case has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers over private equity’s role in Genesis’ financial collapse, as the operator faces more than $2 billion in debt and hundreds of malpractice and wrongful death lawsuits. However, even though the Genesis news was a dominant story in 2025, we didn’t include it in our roster of top deals given that the outcome is still uncertain.
Beyond Genesis, several major transactions reshaped the sector.
Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) and Saber Healthcare formed a $222.4 million joint venture. Welltower (NYSE: WELL) made one of the...







