Selling a skilled nursing facility in Mississippi
What moves the price of a Mississippi nursing home, how a sale runs from first call to change of ownership, and where to see the record for every Mississippi building.
Mississippi at a glance
Mississippi has 202 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facilities with 17,496 certified beds, and on average 84.7% of those beds are occupied, above the national average of 80.3%.
Source: CMS Provider Information file, August 2026. The full Mississippi picture, rates and every building are on SNFRadar, the market record we built and publish free.
What a buyer reads first in Mississippi
The numbers a buyer pulls before the first call, for the typical Mississippi building against the nation. Your own building's are on its SNFRadar page.
Sources: CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 (occupancy, staffing, turnover, star ratings: averages across certified buildings); Medicare cost reports (full-year filings), as SNFRadar compares them (medians, the same figures each building's SNFRadar page is compared against).
What moves value in Mississippi
The Medicaid rate and any appeal. In our Mississippi change of ownership, the facility's Medicaid rates were frozen under an appeal. The takeover date was set to line up with approval and billing so reimbursement positioning held.
Staffing, bad debt and rate cuts. Our other Mississippi seller, a small independent owner, was facing staffing pressure, bad debt and Medicaid cuts. A competitive process still closed 50% above the original negotiations.
The buyer's plan for the building. Matching a facility with an operator positioned to build on it protects value and the owner's legacy.
Survey and staffing record. Buyers read both before they price. Both are on each building's SNFRadar page.
Where the beds are
Mississippi's largest counties by certified beds. Each opens that county's buildings on SNFRadar.
| County | Facilities | Certified beds |
|---|---|---|
| Lee | 11 | 1,475 |
| Harrison | 7 | 869 |
| Hinds | 9 | 813 |
| Lauderdale | 9 | 753 |
| Forrest | 8 | 599 |
All 81 Mississippi counties
How a sale works
- A first call. What you want from the sale, and when. No listing, no blast.
- A value from the record. Your building's own numbers and the trades around it. How valuation works
- Vetted buyers under confidentiality, bidding against each other, not against you.
- Letter of intent, then the purchase agreement and the operations transfer agreement. The full process
- Change of ownership. Mississippi's licensure filings plus Medicare and Medicaid, timed so billing does not stop. CHOW and Medicaid
Our Mississippi closings
Quietly bringing the right buyers to the table.
A time-sensitive CHOW with frozen Medicaid rates under appeal, closed with a January 1 takeover and no billing interruption.
Read the deal sheetPersistence pays.
A small independent owner facing staffing, bad debt and Medicaid cuts closed at $116,000 per operational bed, 50% above the original negotiations.
Read the deal sheetQuestions owners ask
How many nursing homes are in Mississippi?
Mississippi has 202 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facilities with 17,496 certified beds, according to the CMS Provider Information file (August 2026).
What is the average occupancy of Mississippi nursing homes?
On average 84.7% of certified beds in Mississippi are occupied, above the national average of 80.3% (CMS Provider Information, August 2026).
Can I sell while a Medicaid rate appeal is open?
Yes. In our Mississippi change of ownership the rates were frozen under appeal, and the takeover was timed to approval and billing so the appeal position was preserved.
How much of Mississippi's nursing home care does Medicaid pay for?
In the median Mississippi building, Medicaid pays for 79% of resident days, against 66% nationally (Medicare cost reports (full-year filings), as SNFRadar compares them). That share is why Mississippi's Medicaid rate method decides so much of a building's value.
Are Mississippi nursing homes profitable?
The median Mississippi building that filed a full-year Medicare cost report shows a net margin of 4.6%, against 3.6% nationally. Margins vary widely from building to building; each building's own filing is on its SNFRadar page.
Is the first conversation confidential?
Yes. Nothing about you or your building goes to a buyer without your say.
Do you represent buyers?
No. We represent sellers. Buyers can share their acquisition criteria with us so we know who to call when a building fits; that does not make us their broker.