With less than expected rent payments, Omega Healthcare Investors faces lower FAD in Q4
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2023
Two restructured operators of Omega Healthcare Investors paid less contractual rent than owed in November, the Hunt Valley, MD-based real estate investment trust said Monday in an online investor presentation.
Business briefs, Dec. 5
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2023
Women’s employment reaches all-time high of 75.3% in recent months: report … HHS-OIG audits, investigations recover $3.44 billion in misspent funds this year … Repealed law protecting nursing homes...
Actions & Transactions, Dec. 5
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2023
Watermark Retirement Communities opens Sonrisa Assisted Living and Memory Care in Roseville, CA … Chelsea Senior celebrates grand opening in Washington Township, NJ … Chicago-area senior living community...
Court case gives edge to employers over displays of union insignia
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
An employer may prohibit employees from wearing union insignias on their uniforms, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, in a reversal of a previous decision from the National Labor Relations...
State, feds take steps to ensure rights for LBGTQ+ seniors, workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
New York state and the federal government took steps last week to protect rights for members of the LBGTQ+ community — both those living in long-term care and employed in the workplace at large.
Mind holiday decorating for workplace safety, OSHA warns
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
The holiday season adds responsibility for some employees as they decorate their work spaces to make them more festive. Although the decorations aim to bring joy, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration...
Business briefs, Dec. 4
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
Congressional lawmakers consider competing bills with differing views on union rights … What a Cigna-Humana deal would mean … This state is facing a massive nursing home worker shortfall by 2026 …...
Consider effects on employee retirement plans when planning mergers, acquisitions, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2023
Merger and acquisition activity in senior living and care has been flowing at a record pace throughout this year. But operators should not overlook the effects on employees’ retirement plans when making...
More workers need to know about bridge option to delay Social Security: SCEPA
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2023
More workers need to be informed that a Social Security bridge option can reduce Social Security early-claiming penalties, according to a recent report by the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis,...
72 percent of consumers hold off on paying healthcare bills: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2023
Seventy-two percent of consumers do not pay their healthcare bills immediately, according to the results of a survey by AccessOne, a provider of consumer-centric patient payment tools and financing options....