Merger, acquisition activity lags across healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 05, 2024
Deal activity declined last year across nearly every segment of healthcare, according to newly released data from Irving Levin Associates
Private equity healthcare bankruptcies spiked in 2023, with more expected this year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2024
Private equity healthcare bankruptcies hit a record high last year, with more expected this year, according to nonprofit Private Equity Stakeholder Project.
Healthcare investors poised for increased M&A activity in 2023
By
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...
Healthcare employment rises, but providers still anticipate hiring difficulties
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 07, 2023
The healthcare sector gained approximately 63,000 jobs in July, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s up from the average monthly gain of 51,000 seen in the prior...
Business briefs, Nov. 9
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2022
Supreme Court case could be bellwether for residents’ rights to sue states … Home care, hospice M&A activity sluggish in Q3 … Congress looks at cybersecurity in healthcare … Fitch Ratings affirms...
Actions & Transactions, Sept. 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 08, 2023
Eliza Jennings acquires The Weils in suburban Cleveland … Life Care Services renovates 3 Delaware communities … PSL celebrates ownership transfer of Pine Run in Doylestown, PA … Morning Pointe of...
Long-term care accounts for 54 percent of healthcare bankruptcies this year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2022
Bankruptcies in the healthcare industry are trending up by more than 25% this year, and 54% of them have happened in senior living and other long-term care settings, particularly in skilled nursing facilities,...
Federal government to investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Health and Human Services Department have announced plans to jointly investigate private equity’s influence on healthcare.
Occupancy, revenue trend upward in Q3 for HTI
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2023
Occupancy in the Healthcare Trust Inc.’s senior housing operating portfolio, or SHOP, segment of its portfolio grew by 0.8% to 74.1% in the third quarter compared with the prior quarter, CEO Michael...
Employers can’t penalize workers for time off taken under FMLA, court rules
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Employers must consider and adjust performance expectations accordingly for time off that employees take under the Federal Medical Leave Act, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.