Skilled Nursing News June 21, 2024
Athena Health Care Systems, once the largest owner of nursing homes in Connecticut, sold five nursing homes for an undisclosed sum to a New-York based provider.
The buyer agreed to pay back taxes and debts owed to vendors and contribute $2.6 million to its employees’ health care insurance fund to cover all medical bills, according to an article in the CT Mirror.
Athena owed nearly $47,000 in back taxes to four of the communities where the nursing homes are located, records show.
Athena still owns 14 nursing homes – a reduced footprint from 22 facilities a year ago.
The state Department of Public Health recently approved the deal, transferring the five facilities to National Health Care Associates, a long-time nursing...
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