Sabra sees ‘terrific opportunity ahead,’ looks to grow as SNF conditions stabilize
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 29, 2024
Sabra Health Care REIT is focused on revenue growth and acquisitions for 2024, though it’s unclear how much of the buying activity will come on the skilled nursing side, company leaders said on a...
Upward Medicaid rates and ‘sideways’ trading will dominate 2023: Sabra
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2023
Sabra Health Care REIT is approaching a historic low for its skilled nursing exposure at just 58% of its overall portfolio.
Sabra gives discounts to steer 24 facilities to Ensign, Avamere
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 09, 2022
Sabra Health Care REIT made waves Monday when it announced it is moving 24 skilled nursing from one tenant to two others.
Sabra dropping some nursing homes to invest more in senior housing and behavioral health
By
Danielle Brown
May 06, 2022
Sabra Health Care REIT is actively reducing its dependency on skilled nursing facilities by broadening its asset holdings to include more senior housing and behavioral health facilities.
Sabra Healthcare REIT’s operators are beginning to see occupancy rebound as staff members start coming back in “droves,” after slightly declining through the end of 2021 due to the rise of the omicron...
Sabra operators eyeing vaccine mandate as workforce threat or recruiting tool
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 05, 2021
While just 40% of operators running facilities in the Sabra Health Care REIT issued a self-imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the company reported on Thursday that 80% of its operators’ overall workforce...
Labor problems, delta variant impeding SNF census recovery, Sabra finds
Sep 15, 2021
The COVID-19 delta variant has stunted occupancy growth within the skilled nursing/transitional care portfolio for Sabra Health Care REIT, executives reported Monday.
Labor issues the ‘biggest challenge’ for Sabra, occupancy recovery
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2021
Labor pains worsened by pandemic conditions could threaten positive strides made in occupancy by skilled nursing operators under the Sabra Health Care REIT umbrella, warned the company’s top executive...
Matros predicts CMS will take phased approach to PDPM cuts
By
Danielle Brown
May 07, 2021
Sabra Health Care REIT CEO and Chairman Rick Matros predicted Thursday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will take a temperate approach if it hits skilled nursing operators with a reimbursement...
Sabra CEO squashes enthusiasm for home health upending skilled nursing, despite pandemic trends
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
Executives with Sabra Health Care REIT don’t expect some stakeholders’ recent shift of focus from skilled nursing to home care to be a permanent change for the long-term care industry.