Senate to vote on overturning Biden administration vaccine mandate for private businesses
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2021
Senators are set to vote this week on a resolution introduced by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) that would nullify the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.
Analysts mull recovery prospects for seniors housing REITs
By
Amy Novotney
May 18, 2020
A week after the sector’s largest companies reported first-quarter earnings, several analysts have shared their views on how healthcare real estate investment trusts are faring amidst the ongoing COVID-19...
NHI’s third-quarter results suggest that tenant credit risk is getting worse as the pandemic continues
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 11, 2020
Despite strong rent collections in October and November, Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Investors may be in for some tough quarters ahead as its senior housing portfolio faces additional stress...
Nursing home firms snag high-powered lobbyists
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 18, 2020
An analysis published in the New York Times Sunday examined the efforts of some of the country’s largest nursing home companies to assemble lobbyists to help advocate for protection against lawsuits,...
Coronavirus forcing investors to realize seniors housing is not just a real estate play
By
Amy Novotney
May 14, 2020
After years spent viewing seniors housing as a potential cash cow given the graying of the baby boomer generation, the coronavirus pandemic is forcing investors in the sector to recognize that they are...
CFOs see pandemic recovery requiring more than three months: survey
By
Amy Novotney
May 14, 2020
A quick return to “business as usual” after COVID-19 is appearing less and less likely, with nearly 60% of chief financial leaders across the nation reporting that they believe it will take their companies...
$10.3 million settlement sends ‘strong warning’ to employers with vaccine mandates, attorney says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2022
A $10.3 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that challenged a private healthcare employer’s COVID-19 vaccination policy sends a “strong warning” to companies to consider workers with religious...
COVID-19 shouldn’t stop senior living operators from planning for the future: speakers
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 11, 2020
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Asbury Communities President and CEO Doug Leidig knew he needed to abandon his firm’s current five-year strategic plan, which was supposed to be in place until...
Expansion will proceed, despite COVID-19 challenges
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 30, 2020
Investment Banking firm HJ Sims recently announced the successful closure of $6.6 million in financing for pre-development capital toward the pursuit of an expansion at the Raleigh, NC-based life plan...
EEOC: Employers must accommodate religious objections to COVID vaccine mandates
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Employers with COVID-19 vaccine mandates must accommodate workers’ “sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances” against such requirements unless doing so would create an “undue...