Inside the Balance That Makes These States Easier for Nursing Home Operators and Better for Dealmaking
Skilled Nursing News November 15, 2024
As the skilled nursing industry looks ahead to 2025, analysts are better positioned to project which states are easiest and most difficult to navigate for providers, especially in the wake of political shifts following the election of Donald Trump.
Factors such as Medicaid reimbursement rates, regulatory complexity, and labor challenges determine whether a state is a good place to operate a skilled nursing facility, while all these issues ultimately also impact dealmaking in certain markets.
“To me, [dealmaking] is primarily correlated to the Medicaid rate environment, and then secondarily, also to staffing as well as regulatory pressures that differ state by state,” Dominic Porretta, director of public finance at Cain Brothers, told Skilled Nursing News.
The most favorable status for...