Top 50 biggest nursing home operators 2012

Provider magazine has published the latest annual update of a comparative listing of the largest nursing facility operators and a separate listing of assisted living facility operators.

Here are the biggest nursing facility companies (by number of beds)

• HCR ManorCare (Toledo, OH, over 38,000 beds in 279 facilities)
• Golden Living (Plano, TX, over 31,000 beds in 304 facilities)
• Life Care Centers of America (Cleveland, TN, nearly 31,000 beds in 231 facilities)
• Kindred Healthcare (Louisville, KY, nearly 28,000 beds in 226 facilities)
• Genesis HealthCare Corp. (Kennett Square, PA, over 25,000 beds in 206 facilities)

 Here are the biggest assisted living companies (by total occupant capacity)

• Brookdale Senior Living (Brentwood, TN)
• Emeritus Senior Living (Seattle, WA)
• Sunrise Senior Living (McLean, VA)
• Atria Senior Living (Louisville, KY)
• Five Star Quality Care (Newton, MA)

What I like about these two articles:  First, they’re coming from a reputable source — the American Health Care Association — which is the membership organization for nursing facilities.  Second, I don’t know of any other ranked lists of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.  Third, there are some other interesting data points in the listing, like occupancy rate and payor mix.

Source: LaPorte, M.  2012 ancillary services still growing; and, LaPorte, M.  2012 most offer independent living.  Provider;38(6):45-49, 51-54, June 2012.   Click here for the nursing facilities article: http://www.providermagazine.com/reports/Pages/0612/2012-Top-50-Largest-Nursing-Facility-Companies.aspx  Click here for the assisted living companies article: http://www.providermagazine.com/reports/Pages/0612/2012-Top-40-Assisted-Living-Companies.aspx   Posted by AHA Resource Center, (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org