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.
Employers can’t penalize workers for time off taken under FMLA, court rules
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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.
Federal government to investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
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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.
Merger, acquisition activity lags across healthcare
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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
Occupancy, revenue trend upward in Q3 for HTI
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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...
Actions & Transactions, Sept. 8
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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...
Healthcare employment rises, but providers still anticipate hiring difficulties
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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...
New merger guidelines would consider competition, market concentration
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2023
New merger guidelines proposed by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are meant to consider the intricacies of the modern economy, such mergers that are part of a series of multiple...
The National Labor Relations Board is making it “more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors rather than employees, handing workers in the gig economy and other industries...
Personal care and service occupations have highest percentage of workers with disabilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2023
Personal care and service occupations have the highest percentage of workers reporting having a disability, at 19.4%, according to the results of a new study of various occupations conducted by US Centers...