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Investment firm Black Salmon is partnering with Allen Morris Company on a $1B mixed-use development in the Miami Health District. The 7-acre project is expected to include 500,000 sf of medical office, 1,000 apartments and a 150-room hotel. Fitch Ratings expects the recently proposed federal nursing home staffing standards to increase costs for SNFs, but…Read More

The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that most skilled nursing facilities (“nursing homes”) in Georgia that it surveyed are not correctly complying with life safety requirements or emergency preparedness requirements. OIG recently issued a report on its audits of life safety requirements or emergency preparedness…Read More

In 2023, nursing homes have seen increased citations by surveyors for noncompliance tied to their pre-dispute, binding agreements for binding arbitration with their residents. When used appropriately, these agreements can streamline conflict resolution processes, but operators must tread carefully to ensure compliance with the regulations. Regulations In 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…Read More

Kayne Anderson Real Estate acquired a $1.3B medical office building (“MOB”) loan portfolio from Synovus Bank. The loan portfolio includes 106 floating-rate mortgages secured by 308 MOBs across 33 states. CBRE released its Q2 Healthcare Real Estate Investor Update. MOB transaction volume for Q2 remained consistent with the previous quarter with $1.8B in transactions completed….Read More

In June 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released Draft Guidance outlining its current view of the psychedelic research landscape. The Draft Guidance is aimed at researchers conducting clinical trials using psychedelic drugs. While the FDA does not define psychedelics, it indicated that the shorthand term “psychedelic” includes “classic psychedelics,” which are typically understood to be…Read More

This Week (September 15, 2023): Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) officials have been holding pre-regulatory listening sessions with stakeholders to discuss a new special provider registration requirement for practitioners who are prescribing controlled substances through telehealth without first establishing a provider-patient relationship. Why it Matters: The special registration is mandated by the Ryan Haight Act, but…Read More

The Gilbert Family Foundation, Henry Ford Health and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab announced plans for a $439M inpatient rehab hospital and research facility in Detroit. Plans for the project include a 125,000-sf inpatient tower with 72 beds. According to a recent Bloomberg article, private equity is no longer a reliable last resort as a buyer of…Read More