New rule would bar employers from requiring workers to sign noncompete agreements
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 06, 2023
Employers would be prohibited from requiring workers to sign noncompete agreements under a proposed new rule announced Thursday by the Federal Trade Commission.
New York first state to require employers to offer paid prenatal leave
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2024
New York is set to become the first state to require employers to provide 20 hours of additional paid time off for pregnant workers for pregnancy-related medical care without requiring workers to tap into...
REITs ‘well-positioned’ for rising interest rates, but not in healthcare: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 21, 2022
Overall, real estate investment trusts are “well positioned’ in an environment of increasing interest rates, according to National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts Executive Vice President...
Welltower makes ‘transformational strides’ in ESG initiatives: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Toledo, OH-based Welltower experienced a year of “significant achievement” across many environmental, social and governance categories, according to the real estate investment trust’s annual ESG...
Welltower stock falls sharply following report claiming ‘shell game’ tactics
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 09, 2022
Toldeo, OH-based Welltower stock dropped by 6% to 8% Wednesday after Hindenburg Research released a report calling a joint venture partnership between the real estate investment trust and New York-based...
Collaboration seeks to provide pipeline of nursing graduates, professionals
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 06, 2024
A new collaboration in New York seeks to provide direct career pathways for students, graduates, nurses, advanced practice providers and physician assistants; expand career opportunities for nursing professionals;...
Long-term care organizations join forces to try to ensure survival
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
As long-term care providers struggle with staffing challenges and increasing expenses, some are working to ensure their survival by joining strategic alliances to share financial burdens.
Recapitalization to fund expansion of Discovery Senior Living’s portfolio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 14, 2022
Funds advised by Lee Equity Partners and Coastwood Senior Housing Partners have signed an agreement to invest in Bonita Springs, FL-based Discovery Senior Living. The recapitalization will fund Discovery’s...
Healthcare investors poised for increased M&A activity in 2023
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2023
Sixty percent of healthcare and life sciences investors are planning to increase their mergers and acquisitions activity in 2023 despite economic pressures, and a fourth of respondents to a recent survey...
HCBS market recovers from drop that followed CMS proposal
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2023
Home- and community-based services markets are starting to recover after they “panicked” when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in late-April proposed that 80% of Medicaid payments for HCBS...