Ensign: Ready to blow past pre-pandemic occupancy levels
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 29, 2021
While many long-term care providers are just hoping to reach pre-pandemic occupancy levels over the next few months, Ensign Group executives are predicting their operators will soon exceed the mark after...
Ensign CEO: ‘Lessons learned’ will sustain gains as COVID takes aim again
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 30, 2021
Ensign executives are confident their operators have the tools to respond to and manage potential COVID-19 outbreaks while maintaining occupancy, as cases nationwide surge again.
Ensign Group announces another ‘record’ financial quarter, rising occupancy
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 29, 2021
The nation’s second-largest nursing home company continued to steam along during the second quarter, achieving record operating results and noting it had regained more than half of census losses caused...
A powder keg: Minor occupancy gains, inflation fears might ignite, making 2021 an ideal time to buy or...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2021
As struggling providers finally began to chip away at occupancy recovery in late spring, they started coming to market in increasing numbers, hoping to take advantage of high per-bed averages.
Ensign execs see potential 5% PDPM cut as acquisition opportunity, concerned about CMS calculations
By
Danielle Brown
May 03, 2021
A recalibration of the Patient Driven Payment Model’s parity adjustment has several long-term care operators worried about potential steep cuts to skilled nursing reimbursements. But executives with...
After another record quarter, Ensign approaches pre-pandemic occupancy
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 05, 2021
Taking on COVID-19 patients and others with medically complex conditions has helped The Ensign Group buck trends in the industry and begin to stabilize occupancy, executives said as they reported another...
Ensign touts another record quarter, returns $23M in federal relief funding
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 30, 2020
The Ensign Group has returned another $23 million in federal coronavirus relief funding after achieving another “record quarter,” executives reported Thursday.
Following record 2Q earnings, Ensign Group returns $110M in CARES Act funding
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 07, 2020
The Ensign Group has returned about $110 million in federal coronavirus relief funding after experiencing another quarter of “record-breaking results,” executives reported Thursday.
House subcommittee investigating CMS, nursing homes’ COVID-19 responses
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 17, 2020
The federal government and five of the largest nursing home operators are being targeted by a House panel in a newly launched investigation into the handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Ensign and Welltower drive long-term care to the lead in 2019 deal volume
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 26, 2020
There were more than 1,200 deals within the health services industry in 2019, and long-term care, once again, led the pack for all sectors, according to a PwC report.