Kei-Ai

What Kei-Ai does

Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center operates a 300-bed skilled nursing facility at 2221 Lincoln Park Avenue in Los Angeles, California, acquired by Aspen Healthcare in 2016. The facility provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, wound and respiratory care, IV therapy, diabetic and pain management, dementia care, hospice, respite stays, and ancillary services including dental, vision, podiatry, audiology, and dialysis coordination. Its three-floor layout was repurposed during the COVID-19 pandemic to dedicate the entire third floor as a fully isolated COVID-19 unit, supported by 15 hospital-grade HyperHEPA air filtration systems, zone-based staff assignments, and a real-time data analytics partnership for infection monitoring. The facility was designated by the LA County Department of Public Health as a COVID-19 skilled nursing isolation facility from May 2020 until the program retired on March 15, 2021, and co-developed infection-control guidance later recommended to other SNFs in the county.

The business model is fee-for-service skilled nursing billed per patient per day, reimbursed through Medicare (100% covered for the first 20 days, $176/day co-insurance for days 21–100 as of 2020), Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay. Revenue is supplemented by ancillary clinical services delivered on-site or coordinated with external providers. Go-to-market is predominantly referral-based, drawing on the facility's proximity to LAC+USC Medical Center, partnerships with LA County public health authorities and Mayor Garcetti's office, physician referrers including board member Dr. Jigar S. Kadakia, the Altamed program, and word-of-mouth within the Japanese American community that Kei-Ai has served for nearly five years. The facility is operated as part of the Aspen Healthcare network, which provides centralized compliance, ethics, employee benefits, and operational support.

Operating within a competitive Los Angeles County SNF market, Kei-Ai's principal differentiators are its physical scale (~3x a typical facility), its culturally tailored service to the Japanese American community, and the regulatory credibility earned through the LA County COVID-19 partnership. The company is privately held and not publicly listed; no private equity, venture capital, or public-ownership signals were identified.

Name

Kei-Ai

Legal name

Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center

Website

https://keiai-la.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center is a 300-bed for-profit skilled nursing facility in Los Angeles, California, acquired by Aspen Healthcare in 2016. It provides 24-hour skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and culturally tailored care primarily to elderly and Japanese American patients, reimbursed through Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Skilled Nursing Facility

NAICS

Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (623110), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Long-Term Care Nursing Homes (Custodial LTC) (HLADADAB)

Keywords

• Skilled nursing care
• Post-acute rehabilitation
• Long-term elderly care
• Dementia care services
• Infection control isolation

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Skilled Nursing Facility Services: Revenue generated from providing 24-hour skilled nursing care, rehabilitation services, and long-term care to elderly patients. Billing is structured per patient per day with reimbursement through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance. Medicare covers 100% for first 20 days, then requires daily co-insurance of $176/day for days 21-100.
2. COVID-19 Designated Facility Services: As a designated COVID-19 skilled nursing facility, Kei-Ai received COVID-positive patients from hospitals to help alleviate hospital surges during the pandemic, generating revenue from these specialized care services.
3. Ancillary Healthcare Services: Additional revenue streams from on-site services including dental, vision, podiatry, audiology, power of attorney arrangements, dementia assessments, psychiatric evaluations, individual therapy, and off-site dialysis coordination.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center operates a 300-bed skilled nursing facility in Los Angeles delivering 24-hour skilled nursing care, rehabilitation services (physical, occupational, and speech therapy), dementia care, wound care, IV/intravenous therapy, pain management, diabetic management, hospice, respite stays, and a dedicated third-floor COVID-19 isolation unit. The facility accepts Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay, and provides culturally appropriate services with Japanese-language support to the Japanese American community.

Product overview

Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center operates as a unified 300-bed skilled nursing facility offering comprehensive healthcare services. The facility's core product is its skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, which integrates nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy services within a single operational structure. Dining services, activities programming, and specialized units for COVID-19 care and dementia support function as integrated components within the facility rather than standalone products. The company does not offer a platform-plus-modules architecture; instead, it provides direct patient care services as a unified healthcare delivery organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center (Skilled Nursing Facility) A 300-bed skilled nursing facility in Los Angeles, California providing 24-hour skilled nursing care, rehabilitation services, and long-term care for the elderly community, combining medical care with therapeutic living for residents.
• Skilled Nursing Services Round-the-clock nursing care delivered by registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, and certified nursing assistants, including individualized patient care plans, specialized wound care, catheter and colostomy care, and pain management.
• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation services focused on recovery from physical impairments, pain resolution, and injury prevention using a full-service gym and training arena.
• Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation services focused on recovery of functional independence including skills for eating, bathing, toileting, cooking, dressing, and grooming.
• Speech Therapy Rehabilitation services for stroke, brain injury, dementia, and neurological disorders, focusing on speech, comprehension, chewing and swallowing abilities, and cognitive language skills.
• Dining Services Individualized meal plans created by dietary staff and registered dietitians, featuring homemade foods such as smoked salmon, rice, and roasted turkey sandwiches, with alternate dishes and snacks available.
• Activities Program Social and recreational activities including card games, board games, art therapy, television shows, Friday socials, weekly outings, sing-alongs, birthday singing grams, holiday parties, flower arrangement, and needlework.
• Dementia Care Specialized care and support services for residents with dementia and cognitive impairments.
• Hospice Program End-of-life care services providing comfort and support for patients and families.
• COVID-19 Isolation Unit A dedicated third-floor isolation unit with no employee or patient crossover to other floors, designed to safely care for COVID-19 positive patients while protecting other residents and staff.
• Respiratory Therapy Specialized respiratory care services for patients with pulmonary conditions and breathing difficulties.
• Caregiver Training Family and caregiver involvement in therapy services to promote skill carryover and successful transition back to home, including functional and emotional support education.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero traceable COVID-19 spread from third-floor isolation unit to rest of building
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Sakura Gardens (Boyle Heights)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 January 2021After vaccinating all consenting patients and staff, Kei-Ai shared excess COVID-19 vaccines with Sakura Gardens, an assisted living facility serving the Japanese American community that had not received vaccine access. Kei-Ai helped protect their caregivers and essential staff with vaccine doses.
• Nikkei Senior Gardens (Arleta)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 January 2021Kei-Ai shared excess COVID-19 vaccines with Nikkei Senior Gardens, an assisted living facility in Arleta serving the Japanese American community that had not received the vaccine. This partnership helped protect vulnerable elders and staff at the facility.
• Aspen Healthcare (Parent Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2020Aspen Healthcare is the parent organization of Kei-Ai LA. They provided support for vaccine sharing with Japanese American facilities, centralized compliance and ethics infrastructure, employee benefits, and organizational resources including the Resource Center ((949) 347-7100) and Compliance Hotline.
• Mayor Garcetti's Office (Los Angeles)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020Partnered with Mayor Garcetti's office to receive weekly COVID-19 testing for all residents and staff, and significant PPE supplies during the early pandemic when these resources were scarce. Kei-Ai was given priority access to testing and PPE in exchange for accepting COVID-positive patients to help offload overwhelmed hospitals.
• Los Angeles County Department of Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2020Kei-Ai partnered with LA County Department of Public Health to combat COVID-19, receiving priority access to scarce COVID-19 testing kits and PPE. The facility was instrumental in helping the department develop and revise infection control guidance later recommended for other skilled nursing facilities. The COVID designated SNF program was retired March 15, 2021 with official recognition of Kei-Ai's contributions.
• Altamed ProgramminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Altamed is a healthcare program that referred Grace Resigo's mother to Kei-Ai LA for after-hospital care therapy. The program serves seniors and recommends appropriate care facilities to participants.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The Ensign Group: Large U.S. skilled nursing and post-acute operator with significant California footprint, providing direct benchmarking on SNF operating model, PDPM reimbursement management, and staffing standards relevant to Kei-Ai's business.
• PACS Group: Post-acute care operator with substantial California skilled nursing exposure and a model of acquiring/operating SNFs regionally; directly comparable to Kei-Ai in Medicare mix, labor model, and regulatory jurisdiction.
• Brookdale Senior Living: Major senior living operator offering skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care, providing a comparable scale and ancillary-services model to Kei-Ai's full continuum within a single facility setting.
• Genesis HealthCare: One of the largest U.S. skilled nursing operators, serving a comparable elderly patient population with similar Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement dynamics; useful for benchmarking ANE rates, occupancy, and capex benchmarks.
• National HealthCare Corporation: Operates skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities across multiple U.S. states, comparable to Kei-Ai in core service mix and PDPM-era operations; useful for occupancy and labor benchmarking.

Regional players

• PIH Health - Skilled Nursing Facility: Operates skilled nursing and post-acute services in the greater Los Angeles area with similar Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement mix and hospital referral dynamics, directly competing for post-acute discharges in the same LA County market as Kei-Ai.
• Kedren Community Health Center / Local LA SNFs: Other Los Angeles-area skilled nursing operators that accept post-acute Medicare referrals and serve elderly multi-ethnic populations, offering apples-to-apples comparability on staffing, payer mix, and regulatory exposure.
• Sakura Gardens Assisted Living (Boyle Heights): Japanese American-focused assisted living facility in LA County that Kei-Ai has formally partnered with on vaccine sharing; serves the same culturally specific senior population and offers a natural step-down/handoff relationship.
• Nikkei Senior Gardens (Arleta): Assisted living provider serving the Japanese American community in LA's San Fernando Valley, partnered with Kei-Ai on COVID vaccination; comparable culturally targeted senior care model and shared patient referral pipeline.

Others

• Aspen Healthcare (parent company): Kei-Ai's parent organization provides centralized compliance, ethics, and operational resources; sibling facilities under Aspen can offer comparable per-bed economics and acquisition/roll-up platform dynamics relevant to a PE view of Kei-Ai as a portfolio asset.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/keiaila
• Facebookfacebook.com/keiailosangeles
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kei-ai-los-angeles-healthcare-center

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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