All states must comply with forthcoming COVID vaccine mandate, former OSHA official says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 29, 2021
Individual states do not have the authority to opt out of the emergency temporary standard on workplace COVID-19 vaccines and testing expected to be released soon by the Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Tutera to outsource management of home health division
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2022
Kansas and Missouri-based Tutera Senior Living & Health Care’s home health division will be managed by Residential Home Health, a division of Graham Healthcare Group, under a joint venture the companies...
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...
What the inflation rate increase to 8.5 percent means to senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
The inflation rate is higher than it’s been in almost 40 years, and the consumer price index increased 1.2% in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8% in February, the Bureau of Labor...
NHI closes on sale of 8 communities formerly leased to Holiday Retirement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 23, 2021
National Health Investors has closed on the sale of eight senior living communities consisting of 909 units formerly leased to Holiday Retirement for gross proceeds of $115 million, the real estate investment...
Biden proposes $88.2 billion over five years to prepare for future pandemics
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 30, 2022
Even as the country works to recover from the COVID-19 public health crisis, the Biden administration is preparing for future pandemics by proposing $88.2 billion for pandemic preparedness in its fiscal...
Capital, Ortelius continue to vie for stakeholder support ahead of Friday’s vote
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 21, 2021
With a Friday meeting of stakeholders looming, Capital Senior Living and Ortelius Advisors continue to angle for votes on Capital’s proposed $152 million capital raise plan through the private placement...
Private equity deals slow down in 2022 after 2021 high
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2022
Private equity healthcare provider deals have slowed in early 2022 after reaching a high in 2021, according to recent reports.
Shareholders vote in favor of Capital’s amended investment agreement Conversant
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2021
Dallas-based Capital Senior Living appears to have received enough votes to follow through with a plan to raise up to $154.8 million through the private placement of convertible preferred stock to affiliates...
Federal vaccine mandate raises constitutional concerns; lawsuits combine into one big case
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 19, 2021
Wednesday’s announcement from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration that it is suspending enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary...