title: Monstrous problems. Medicare's not the only bogeyman haunting the long-term-care industry.
abstract: The problems in the long-term-care industry are positively monstrous. While many executives are pointing and screaming at Medicare cuts, lurking in the shadows are some self-imposed problems, such as the scary pile of debt many publicly traded companies are sitting on.
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authors.lastname: Saphir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002202:Capital Financing / Q000639:trends; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003625:Data Collection; D005376:Financial Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States