Updated: 22 states petition CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2022
A coalition of 22 states led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R), today formally called on the Biden administration to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home and other healthcare...
Good Sam, Ebenezer parent organizations to merge
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2022
The parent companies of two of the largest not-for-profit senior living and care organizations in the country announced their intention to merge Tuesday.
Updated: AlerisLife faces possible stock market delisting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2022
AlerisLife faces possible delisting by Nasdaq because the bid price for shares of the company’s common stock has closed at less than $1 for the past 30 consecutive business days, the company said in...
Updated: Sabra Health Care REIT to move 24 North American Health Care properties to Ensign, Avamere
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 07, 2022
Irvine, CA-based real estate investment trust Sabra Health Care REIT will transition a 24-property skilled nursing portfolio leased to North American Health Care to two of Sabra’s existing tenants, The...
Updated: CVS plans to sell Omnicare long-term care pharmacy business, saying it is ‘no longer a strategic...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 02, 2022
CVS Health plans to sell its long-term care pharmacy business, Omnicare, reporting a $2.5 billion loss on it in the third quarter, the company announced Wednesday.
NIC announces new president and CEO
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 12, 2022
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care announced a new president and CEO on Wednesday. It’s someone not new to NIC, however.
Brookdale Senior Living may be exploring potential sale
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2022
Brookdale Senior Living, the nation’s largest senior living operators, is exploring options — including a potential sale — according to a published report.
Supreme Court will not hear challenge to healthcare worker vaccine mandate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2022
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers at nursing homes and other facilities...
Brightview Senior Living, Legacy Healthcare top 2022 ‘Best Workplaces’ lists
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 07, 2022
Fifty companies providing residential senior living and care are in the spotlight this morning after Fortune announced its Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists for 2022, the fifth round of such lists...
Avamere spins off senior living properties to form Arete Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2022
Wilsonville, OR-based Avamere Living Community-Based Care, previously with Avamere Health Services, is spinning off independent living, assisted living and memory care communities to a new company called...