Skilled nursing operators should use this report to benchmark their performance against peers and prioritize strategic decisions around payer mix, Payroll-Based Journal data, and quality metrics.
2025 Maintain Your Edge: Skilled nursing report for senior care industry leaders
With benchmarks from over 12,000 nursing facilities across the country, this report helps you: Compare your key metrics against industry standards. Identify areas to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. Navigate challenges like the expansion of Medicare Advantage plans and increased operational costs. Key statistics and trends you’ll find inside: National and state financial performance trends, including margins and revenue drivers. Operational benchmarks like occupancy rates and cost per bed. Insights into CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System program, PDPM in state Medicaid programs, labor costs, and turnover rates.
Plante Moran. 2025 Maintain Your Edge: Skilled Nursing Facility Benchmarking Report. Plante Moran, January 2025. https://www.plantemoran.com/explore-our-thinking/insight/2025/01/2025-snf-benchmark-report
Benchmarking that takes providers to the edge in evolving SNF market
The undeniable — apparently unstoppable — rise of Medicare Advantage plans nationwide means one sure thing, she believes. It’s time to “dust off” any existing MA contracts and renegotiate. “Don’t settle for the first contract terms that the MA plan sends,” she advises. “Do your due diligence, investigate your actual costs versus the reimbursement, and then hit the MA plan with your data to prove why you should be reimbursed at a higher rate.”
— McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, February 6, 2025
SNF benchmarking study paints rosy picture for value-based care, I-SNPs this year
“Providers should look at the trend data around I-SNPs, value-based purchasing and data on the Payroll-Based Journal to identify opportunities where they need to focus and make improvements going forward. [Providers] need to be using this information to make informed decisions from a strategic standpoint.”
— McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, February 4, 2025
