Built to Operate SNFs
Exceptional Team. Exceptional Care. No Compromises
Sila/ sē.lä /also сила
Slavic origin
Definitions
Strength; power; force. Physical or collective force derived from unity and effort.
Resilience; fortitude. The enduring capacity to perform under pressure; the quality that sustains effort over time.
Sila is the Ukrainian word for strength. Our founder Sam Bechthold spent two years in Ukraine in his late teens on a service mission. What stayed with him wasn't the work itself but the people. Their resilience. Their willingness to carry hard things without complaint and lift each other up when it mattered. That spirit shapes everything we are building at Sila Healthcare — a company where strength comes from the team, accountability is shared, and the people we serve always come first.
About
Operational Thesis
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Strength is not individual; it's built through teams who show up, solve hard problems together, and hold each other accountable. That collective strength is what drives best-in-class outcomes for our patients, our partners, and every stakeholder who depends on us to get it right.
Focus
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Sila is focussed on the acquisition and operational turnaround of underperforming skilled nursing facilities. We create value by building high-performing teams at every level — operators who grow census, manage to a budget, and hold themselves to a standard of care they'd be proud to provide their own loved ones.
Markets
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Sila is actively acquiring skilled nursing facilities across Utah, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Ohio, and Indiana. If you're an owner looking to sell or a landlord seeking a proven operator, we'd like to hear from you.
Capital Partner
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Sila is aligned with an instiutional capital partner that can close in cash after typical underwriting and due diligence processes. We pride ourselves on moving fast, with an efficient closing and operational transition. Sila was built on organizational excellence and it starts with the acquisition process.
Meet the Founder
Sam Bechthold is the founder and CEO of Sila Healthcare, a skilled nursing facility operating company built around a simple premise: the best teams produce the best outcomes.
Sam spent over a decade as Chief Investment Officer at Eduro Healthcare, where he was responsible for growing the company from a small regional operator to a 40+ facility platform across the western United States. His scope spanned the full transaction lifecycle — deal identification, due diligence, financial analysis, capital partner relationships, entity structuring, and lease negotiation.
Prior to Eduro, Sam served as an Asset Manager at Welltower REIT (NYSE: WELL), where he managed an $865 million portfolio of senior housing and medical assets across 80 buildings and eight tenant relationships. During his tenure, his team closed nearly $350 million in transactions and successfully restructured a 13-building, $210 million portfolio.
Sam holds a Master's Degree in Real Estate Finance and Development from Cornell University, where he was an Advisory Board Scholar. He also earned and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Utah.
He founded Sila Healthcare to bring together the best operators in the business — people who solve problems, hold themselves accountable, and want to be true partners in what they build.