PharMerica to be acquired by KKR in $1.4B deal; Walgreens will a be minority investor
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Elizabeth Newman
Sep 06, 2017
Global investment firm KKR will buy PharMerica Corporation in a $1.4 billion deal, the companies announced in August.
Supreme Court grapples with concept of ‘implied’ False Claims case
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Apr 21, 2016
The nation’s highest court struggled Tuesday during oral arguments in a controversial False Claims Act case to determine at what point a false claim truly is “false.”
CareTrust REIT pays $177 M to boost skilled care holdings
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Dec 04, 2015
CareTrust REIT has completed the acquisition of a $177 million skilled nursing portfolio from Liberty Healthcare in Ohio, the company confirmed in October.
Nurses’ union wins bargaining agreement
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Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
A federal appeals court agreed that an agreement between union nurses and a hospital should have been honored by new owners.
Omnicare: New rules are not likely to harm the business
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John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2011
The nation’s largest institutional pharmacy vendor does not expect proposed drug handling rules to adversely affect its business, even though they likely will increase drug-delivery costs.
Ask the legal expert: Are CCRC entrance fees protected when it files for bankruptcy or under debt restructuring?
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John Durso
Jun 01, 2011
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
14th Long Term & Post-Acute Health IT Summit takes new direction
May 25, 2018
The nation’s leading healthcare I.T. summit has broadened its focus under the new leadership of LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies and is now taking registrations. The event...
Pharmacy tech company partners with SCPC to bolster its advocacy agenda
May 23, 2018
A Durham, NC-based pharmacy automation technology company is partnering with the association that represents long-term care pharmacists, lending it heft to further its advocacy agenda.
Crowd pleaser
May 21, 2008
“I don’t believe I’ve ever witnessed as many people at a hearing,” Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) remarked last week. She was referring to a high-profile session at the Senate Committee...
Largest US hospital chain to pay $98 million in observation stay case
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 06, 2014
The nation’s largest hospital organization has agreed to a $98 million settlement to resolve charges that it overbilled by admitting individuals as inpatients rather than keeping them under observation,...