Competition data is an important part of every market analysis. As such, this section will provide some insight into the ways NIC MAP provides you with this data when outside the top 140 largest metros. Read about the 140 metro collection process in this article. If you do not subscribe to Local Property Search, your analyses will reflect ONLY the non-140 metro process outlined here.
140 Metro Collected Data Populates in Place of State Collected Data in the 140
Non-140 Metro Data is supply data that we have collected for all of our clients – it’s available for everyone in the tool to see, but will only display in a client’s portal if that client doesn’t have conflicting data. This is collected directly from the state licensure agencies (AL and MC), CMS (SNF), or comprehensive webscrapes (IL).
If you subscribe to Local Property Search and Market Insight, the NIC MAP 140 Metro collected data will populate in those metros and the state collected data will populate outside of those metros. If you subscribe to only Market Insight, you will only be able to view the state collected data.
What Data is available in the Non-140 Supply File?
NIC MAP has collected some data for all 50 states, including Washington, D.C.; but because each state has different regulations for their IL, AL and MC facilities, the information is not standardized across the nation.
NC (or SNF) facilities are slightly different – because they are federally regulated, the data is consistent across the country. We have NC data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
AL and MC facilities have varying degrees of regulations, and some states require facilities to explicitly report both AL and MC bed capacity, while others do not. For states that do not require this explicit reporting (i.e. IA, AL, GA, etc.), we assume a 70/30 split for AL and MC beds on facilities that report offering MC services. For states that do require explicit reporting, we convey that information to you as it is reported.
Independent Living (IL) Bed Data
We use Melissa Data to prepare our IL bed data, because Melissa Data aggregates building unit information from county planning departments across the US and stores it with each building’s unique parcel ID. We use Melissa Data’s unique parcel ID system to cross-reference and combine our expansive database of AL, MC and SNF licensed beds with Melissa Data’s building units’ information. This has allowed us to update the unit count information for over 4,500 IL facilities across the US.
The incorporation of Melissa Data's information allows us to provide you with calculated IL bed counts for 2,747 IL facilities, or 60% of IL facilities in the NIC MAP database. We call them “calculated” IL bed counts because that best describes what they are – a calculation.
This calculation considers the total building units for each parcel and adjusts them for the AL, MC, and SNF beds in the NIC MAP database that are associated with the same unique parcel ID.
The following formula is used to calculate IL beds for each unique parcel ID:
IL Beds = Building Units — AL Licensed Beds — MC Licensed Beds — SNF Licensed Beds
If the formula resulted in a negative number, then we removed the IL facility from our database. This resulted in the removal of 913 IL facilities from our database. If Melissa Data did not have Building Unit information for a parcel ID, then we used a 120-bed assumption for that facility. At this time, we are using the 120-bed assumption for 1,891 IL facilities (40% of IL facilities).