September 18, 2023

NIC MAP Vision 2Q23 Key Takeaway...

NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-July on key senior housing data trends during the second quarter of...

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August 17, 2023

What Hospice Needs to Know About...

The best place for hospice providers to grow is inside a senior housing market community. Mitigate operational constraints with win-win service models.

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July 5, 2023

Understanding Each Senior Housin...

In the senior housing market, building healthcare partnerships is changing. Providers need specific objectives for each operator to make it mutually beneficial.

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July 5, 2023

How to Customize Your Value Prop...

New ways to partner among healthcare providers and the senior housing market are emerging quickly. Customize value proposition for each operator/community.

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June 22, 2023

Analysis of Senior Housing Marke...

What is affecting current construction cycles in the senior housing market?

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June 22, 2023

NIC MAP Vision brings AI-enabled...

NIC MAP Vision, the trusted, single source for senior housing supply, demand and operational data, announced today it has integrated AI-enabled technology powered by OpenAI...

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June 9, 2023

The Senior Housing Market Is Com...

Three competitive opportunities for healthcare providers in the senior housing market. Win new business with actionable NIC MAP Vision data intelligence.

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May 23, 2023

NIC MAP Vision Expands to Offer ...

Industry-leading market intelligence on senior housing now shared with healthcare providers

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May 23, 2023

NIC MAP Vision Expands Data, Mak...

Expanded industry-leading market intelligence strengthens relationships between senior housing operators and healthcare providers

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May 22, 2023

1Q23 Key Takeaways: Seventh Cons...

NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-April on key senior housing data trends during the first quarter of...

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May 22, 2023

Active Adult – Popular Top...

As leaders in the senior housing industry gathered in San Diego, CA for the 2023 NIC Spring Conference, Kyle Gardner, NIC MAP Vision’s Chief Operating...

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May 17, 2023

Expand Your Reach with Industry ...

Download the Ebook on the first nationwide senior housing market data product to cross-reference stakeholder attributes and uncover the best prospects. 

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May 10, 2023

Convening Healthcare Providers a...

The National Investment Center (NIC), gathered luminaries from senior housing and healthcare at its Spring Conference a few weeks ago. Industry conversation at NIC’s semi-annual...

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May 10, 2023

Argentum and NIC MAP Vision Ente...

Argentum, the voice for America’s professionally managed senior living communities, has entered into an agreement with NIC MAP Vision to make the data analytics group...

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May 10, 2023

Senior Living Costs: What’...

Senior living costs are up - especially housing. This trend has been accelerating rapidly in past few years with no signs of slowing down.

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May 2, 2023

Following the Senior Housing Mar...

Be prepared for the challenges that you may face with upcoming senior housing construction. Take the data that we’ve collected and use it to take...

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April 3, 2023

How Net Absorption Rate Measures...

Knowing consumer demand in the senior housing market can help you better understand current market conditions and adjust to changes accordingly. NIC MAP Vision provides...

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February 17, 2023

Introducing “Listings”: A New Li...

We just launched a new listings service for senior housing real estate!

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February 17, 2023

4Q22 Key Takeaways: Record Senio...

NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-January on key seniors housing data trends during the fourth quarter and...

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January 25, 2023

Senior Housing Property Lease-Up...

One of the key indicators that helps to determine the future profitability of a housing project is the pace of senior housing property lease-ups and...

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January 10, 2023

Asking Rate Growth Remains High:...

Data from the recently released 3Q2022 NIC MAP Vision Actual Rates Report showed growth for asking rates remained high on a year-over-year basis for all three...

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February 17, 2022

Burning Glass Partnership Adds F...

Last October, we signed a partnership with Burning Glass Technologies (Burning Glass), a leader in labor market data across multiple industries in the U.S. and...

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December 30, 2021

Low Level of Skilled Nursing Occ...

“In many parts of the country the occupancy challenge is not a demand issue, but a labor supply issue” - Bill Kauffman NIC MAP® Data...

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December 28, 2021

Amid Uncertainty, Debt Is Availa...

Though rising inflation and a new COVID variant may cloud the recovery, the right borrowers have a variety of financing options. Traditional lenders are cautiously...

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December 22, 2021

3Q2021 NIC Analytics Demand Puls...

This blog features the NIC Analytics Demand Pulse Metric (DPM) for third quarter 2021 (3Q2021), a measure that examines senior housing demand (occupied units) for...

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December 21, 2021

3Q2021 NIC MAP Seniors Housing A...

Did move-ins continue to outpace move-outs in the third quarter 2021? What were the rate discounting trends by segment? How did asking rates grow on...

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December 17, 2021

Recovery in Senior Housing Deman...

Since the start of the pandemic, senior housing properties have all experienced wide-ranging pandemic-related challenges, but the depth of the demand contraction has differed across...

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December 16, 2021

Executive Survey Insights Wave 3...

In the Wave 35 survey, nearly half of organizations with multiple properties (45%) reported staff shortages in all their properties—up from roughly one-third (30%) in...

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December 8, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Declin...

NIC MAP® data, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on December 2, 2021, which includes key monthly data points...

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December 2, 2021

Monthly NIC Intra-Quarterly Snap...

In spring 2020, responding to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, NIC launched numerous initiatives to help senior living leaders understand and improve their responses to the crisis. Given the pace of change impacting...

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November 23, 2021

Identifying Trends in CMS Skille...

The primary tool CMS has for enforcing care standards at skilled nursing properties are civil monetary penalties (CMPs), which are essentially fines for facilities found...

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November 18, 2021

Executive Survey Insights | Wave...

NIC’s Executive Survey of operators in senior housing and skilled nursing is designed to deliver transparency into market fundamentals in the senior housing and care...

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November 12, 2021

The 2021 NIC Fall Conference Was...

With over 2,400 registrations, the year’s most important senior housing and care conference proved yet again to be a ‘can’t-miss’ event for industry leaders. Despite...

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November 12, 2021

Senior Housing Delinquencies Dec...

NIC Analytics recently released the 2Q2021 NIC Lending Trends report, a free report available now. The quarterly report tracks over $86.9 billion in senior housing...

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November 10, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Increa...

NIC MAP® data, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on November 4, 2021, which includes key monthly data points...

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November 5, 2021

CCRC Care Segment Performance 3Q...

The following analysis examines current conditions and year-over-year changes in inventory, occupancy, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segments within CCRCs (CCRC segments) compared to...

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November 5, 2021

Stronger Employment Report : Oct...

The Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by 531,000 in October 2021. The consensus had been for an increase of 312,000. This was an...

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November 2, 2021

SBA Offers Financing Options: A ...

Senior living providers and investors are familiar with the financing options from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD. Less well known are the government-subsidized loan...

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October 27, 2021

5 Key Takeaways from NIC MAP 3r...

NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-October on key seniors housing data trends during the third quarter...

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October 13, 2021

NIC MAP Vision Partners with Tre...

NIC MAP Vision, a leading provider of senior housing data and analytics, has partnered with financial analytics leader Trepp to democratize the senior housing industry’s...

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September 17, 2021

Seniors Housing Occupancy Contin...

The path to recovery is never a straight line. While the Delta variant has changed the narrative once again and reportedly affected move-in rates in...

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September 8, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Increa...

Reimbursement differential between Medicare fee-for-service and managed Medicare has accelerated during the pandemic.

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September 8, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Increa...

Reimbursement differential between Medicare fee-for-service and managed Medicare has accelerated during the pandemic.

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September 2, 2021

2Q2021 NIC MAP Seniors Housing A...

The NIC MAP® Data Service, powered by NIC MAP Vision, recently released national monthly data through June 2021 for actual rates and leasing velocity. 

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August 11, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Increa...

NIC MAP® Data Service, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on August 5, 2021, which includes key monthly data...

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July 30, 2021

Seniors Housing Occupancy Shows ...

The recently released NIC MAP® Data, powered by NIC MAP Vision, show that the seniors housing occupancy rate remained unchanged for the aggregated 31 NIC...

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July 28, 2021

CCRC Care Segment Performance 2Q...

The following analysis examines current conditions and year-over-year changes in inventory, occupancy, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segments within CCRCs (CCRC segments) compared to...

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July 28, 2021

Five Key Takeaways from the NIC ...

NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® Data, attended a webinar in mid-July on key seniors housing data trends during the second quarter...

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July 9, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Increa...

NIC MAP® Data Service, powered by NIC MAP Vision, an affiliate of NIC, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on July 1, 2021, which...

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June 22, 2021

Length of Stay and the Importanc...

NIC’s recent acquisition of VisionLTC and the creation of NIC MAP Vision integrates the market-leading NIC MAP® Data Service with VisionLTC’s best-in-class data for investors,...

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June 10, 2021

Cautious Optimism: Occupancy Rat...

While it is still early to say if the seniors housing and care market is showing strong and durable signs of a recovery, several indicators...

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June 9, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Increa...

Medicare Patient Day Mix Continues Decline. NIC MAP® Data Service, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on June 3,...

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June 3, 2021

1Q2021 NIC MAP Seniors Housing A...

The NIC MAP® Data Service, powered by NIC MAP Vision, recently released national monthly data through March 2021 for actual rates and leasing velocity. In this release, NIC MAP also...

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May 21, 2021

CCRC Care Segment Performance Tr...

The following analysis examines current conditions and year-over-year changes in inventory, occupancy, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segments within CCRCs (CCRC segments) compared to...

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May 14, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Increa...

NIC MAP® Data Service, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on May 6, 2021, which includes key monthly data...

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April 29, 2021

Seniors Housing Market Fundament...

NIC MAP Vision clients with access to NIC MAP® Data attended a webinar in mid-April on key seniors housing data trends during the first quarter...

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April 16, 2021

NIC MAP Vision Expands Ability t...

NIC MAP Vision integrates the market-leading NIC MAP® Data Service with VisionLTC’s best-in-class data for investors, owners, and operators to provide significantly deeper and broader...

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April 7, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Contin...

Managed Medicare RPPD hit a new low. NIC MAP® Data Service, powered by NIC MAP Vision, released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on April...

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March 31, 2021

Did Seniors Housing Occupancy De...

A lot of attention has been paid to the occupancy challenges that seniors housing operators have faced since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020....

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March 17, 2021

Is the “70/30 Rule of Thumb” in ...

In absence of local data, feasibility analysts use the so called “70/30” rule, where 70% of a PMA’s potential residents come from within the PMA...

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March 11, 2021

NIC Acquires VisionLTC To Create...

NIC MAP Vision brings senior housing and care data needed by investors, operators and others together under one brand.

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March 10, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Hits L...

NIC MAP® Data Service released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on March 4, 2021, which includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through...

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March 9, 2021

4Q2020 NIC MAP Seniors Housing A...

The NIC MAP® Data Service recently released national monthly data through December 2020 for actual rates and leasing velocity. In this release, NIC also provided data on three...

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February 15, 2021

Takeaways and Highlights from Pa...

Skilled Nursing News’ Payments, Policy, and Capital Summit brought together executives, policy professionals, and capital providers to share their thoughts on the recent past, present,...

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February 10, 2021

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Reache...

Medicaid Revenue Per Patient Day Up But Cost of Care Still a Concern. NIC MAP® Data Service released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on...

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February 3, 2021

4Q 2020 CCRC Care Segment Perfor...

As the leading data provider for the seniors housing and care sector, NIC MAP Data, powered by NIC MAP Vision tracks occupancy, asking rents, demand,...

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February 2, 2021

Deal-Making Likely to Strengthen...

It may take a while before the transaction process itself returns to normal.

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December 9, 2020

Skilled Nursing Occupancy at 74....

NIC MAP released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on December 2, 2020, which includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through September 2020.

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December 8, 2020

3Q2020 Seniors Housing Actual Ra...

The NIC MAP® Data Service recently released national monthly data through September 2020 for actual rates and leasing velocity. In this release, NIC also provided data on three metropolitan...

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October 29, 2020

The Ongoing Impact of COVID-19: ...

NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-October on key seniors housing data trends during the third quarter of 2020. Findings reflected the...

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October 2, 2020

Skilled Nursing Occupancy 74.6%...

Managed Medicare revenue mix increases, first time since start of pandemic NIC MAP® Data Service released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on September 29,...

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September 10, 2020

Pace of Occupancy Decline Slows ...

NIC MAP® Data Service released its first ever Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on August 31, 2020, which includes key monthly data points from January 2012...

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September 9, 2020

2Q2020 Seniors Housing Actual Ra...

The NIC MAP® Data Service recently released national monthly data through June 2020 for actual rates and leasing velocity. In this release, NIC also provided...

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July 31, 2020

The Impact of COVID-19: Five Ke...

NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-July on the key seniors housing and nursing care data trends during the second quarter of...

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July 30, 2020

Decline in Skilled Nursing Occup...

In a continuation of NIC’s commitment to release data and insights on a monthly basis in response to rapid market changes, NIC released monthly data...

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July 21, 2020

Top 20 Markets Ranked by Average...

Given the significant gap between the average cost of senior housing and the average income of 75+ households, many seniors use a combination of income...

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July 7, 2020

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Declin...

Today, NIC released monthly data from the NIC Skilled Nursing Data Initiative which incorporates key takeaways of market trends through April 2020. Going forward, NIC...

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June 23, 2020

How Do Regulations Affect COVID-...

VisionLTC has analyzed the spread of COVID-19 through Senior Housing communities in the US, using a mix of data and found that the infection rate...

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June 17, 2020

1Q2020 Seniors Housing Actual Ra...

The NIC MAP® Data Service recently released national monthly data through March 2020 for actual rates and leasing velocity. In this release, NIC also provided...

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May 28, 2020

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Decrea...

First Monthly Data Release from NIC’s Skilled Nursing Data Initiative Data Ending March 2020 Shows 132-Basis Point Decline in Occupancy from February.

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May 26, 2020

NIC MAP Releases the First Intra...

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgency for insights on data and trends in the seniors housing and care sector. NIC has long held that...

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May 1, 2020

Five Key Takeaways from NIC’s Fi...

NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-April on the key seniors housing data trends during the first quarter of 2020. Key takeaways...

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April 2, 2020

NIC Skilled Nursing Data Report:...

NIC released its fourth quarter 2019 Skilled Nursing Data Report, which includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through December 2019. Here are some...

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February 21, 2020

Got Actual Rates Data?

Scott Brinker, president and chief investment officer of Healthpeak, the nation’s third largest healthcare REIT, recently expressed frustration with the limitations of seniors housing data,...

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February 20, 2020

Top 20 Most Challenging and Leas...

VisionLTC recently conducted a nationwide analysis to determine the top 20 most challenging and least challenging Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs or “markets”) for senior housing...

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January 22, 2020

Five Key Takeaways from NIC’s Fo...

NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-January on the key seniors housing data trends during the fourth quarter of 2019. Key takeaways...

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December 2, 2019

Resident Origin & Migration...

Understanding resident origin and migration trends is important for lenders, operators, developers, and other parties involved in the business of senior housing. It is also...

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November 25, 2019

Why 85+ is the New 75+ for Senio...

It’s critical to track and analyze accurate demand-growth data to identify high-potential markets and capture unmet demand. Coupled with the rising age of entry into...

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September 4, 2019

Why Senior Housing should care a...

If you are limiting your marketing to seniors themselves, then you are missing an opportunity to connect with a highly influential audience. Adult children are...

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July 29, 2019

Prioritizing Marketing Outreach:...

One of senior housing marketers biggest challenges is lead generation, so we put together some tips for engaging with and cultivating referral sources for lead...

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February 13, 2018

Lead Generation In Senior Housing

Resident turnover is skyrocketing as a result of increasing acuity, so is the cost of replacing a resident, especially with referral sources like A Place...

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January 25, 2018

First-of-Its-Kind Referral Sourc...

Growing resident turnover and cost of resident acquisition are putting pressure on the profitability of senior housing operators.  With up to 70%+ of senior housing...

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August 28, 2017

A Way to Pay: The Importance of ...

Examining trends in median home values is a key factor when assessing whether, and to what extent, seniors will be able to pay for senior...

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July 14, 2017

Beyond National Averages: Using ...

Record breaking inventory growth is driving assisted living occupancy to lows not seen since the tail end of the Great Recession. Yet not evenly.

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July 14, 2017

Qualifying Demand? Why Income Is...

Now that we’ve talked about how some markets have pockets of untapped demand, I’d like to shift focus by posing two questions. How do seniors...

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April 28, 2017

Beyond National Averages: Using ...

You know the headlines – everyone is worried about oversupply, and the data shows that, in certain markets, memory care oversupply is an issue. Despite...

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April 28, 2017

Are Senior-Housing Markets Overs...

The Senior-Housing industry is growing rapidly, and the competition for prospective residents is becoming more intense every day. The number of senior-housing facilities currently on...

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March 28, 2017

Allocating Competitive Beds in F...

Competitive Bed Allocation is the process of determining how many competitive beds will be counted against your project.  This number will be used to establish penetration...

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