BUSINESS	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
BUSINESS	BUSINESS Overview Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (“Sabra” or the “Company”) was incorporated on May 10, 2010 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Sun”) and commenced operations on November 15, 2010 following Sabra's separation from Sun (the "Separation Date"). Sabra elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with the filing of its U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2011. Sabra believes that it has been organized and operated, and it intends to continue to operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. Sabra’s primary business consists of acquiring, financing and owning real estate property to be leased to third party tenants in the healthcare sector. Sabra primarily generates revenues by leasing properties to tenants and operators throughout the United States and Canada. Sabra owns substantially all of its assets and properties and conducts its operations through Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), of which Sabra is the sole general partner and Sabra's wholly owned subsidiaries are currently the only limited partners, or by subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. The Company’s investment portfolio is primarily comprised of skilled nursing/transitional care facilities, senior housing facilities and an acute care hospital leased to third-party operators; senior housing facilities operated by third-party property managers pursuant to property management agreements (“Managed Properties”); investments in loans receivable; and preferred equity investments. Pending Merger with CCP On May 7, 2017, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Care Capital Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CCP”), PR Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Care Capital Properties, L.P. (“CCPLP”), a Delaware limited partnership and wholly-owned subsidiary of CCP. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, CCP will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity in the Merger. Following the Merger, also pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Subsequent Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving entity in the Subsequent Merger. Simultaneously with the Subsequent Merger, also pursuant to the Merger Agreement, CCPLP will be merged with and into the Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Merger”), with the Operating Partnership continuing as the surviving entity in the Partnership Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each share of CCP common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than shares of CCP common stock owned directly by CCP, the Company or their respective subsidiaries, in each case not held on behalf of third parties) will be converted into the right to receive 1.123 (the “Exchange Ratio”) newly issued shares of Company common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The parties’ obligations to consummate the Merger are subject to certain conditions, including, without limitation, (i) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of CCP common stock entitled to vote at a special meeting of the CCP stockholders held for that purpose, (ii) the approval of the issuance of Company common stock in connection with the Merger by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Company common stock at a special meeting of the Company stockholders held for that purpose, (iii) the shares of Company common stock to be issued in connection with the Merger will have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, subject to official notice of issuance, (iv) the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by the Company for purposes of registering the issuance of shares of Company common stock issuable in connection with the Merger shall not be the subject of any stop order, (v) the Company and CCP each having received certain tax opinions and (vi) the absence of any order or injunction preventing the consummation of the Merger or any material law rendering the consummation of the Merger illegal. On July 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) declared the Company's registration statement on Form S-4 effective and a special meeting of the Company's stockholders is scheduled to be held on August 15, 2017. The Company, Merger Sub and CCP have made customary representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement and agreed to certain customary covenants, including, among others, covenants by each party to use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice during the period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger. The closing of the Merger is expected to occur during the third calendar quarter of 2017, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. There can be no assurance that all closing conditions will be satisfied or waived by the parties, that the Merger will close on during the third calendar quarter of 2017 or that the Merger will be consummated at all.

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Overview

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (“Sabra” or the “Company”) was incorporated on May 10, 2010 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Sun”) and commenced operations on November 15, 2010 following Sabra's separation from Sun (the "Separation Date"). Sabra elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with the filing of its U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2011. Sabra believes that it has been organized and operated, and it intends to continue to operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. Sabra’s primary business consists of acquiring, financing and owning real estate property to be leased to third party tenants in the healthcare sector. Sabra primarily generates revenues by leasing properties to tenants and operators throughout the United States and Canada. Sabra owns substantially all of its assets and properties and conducts its operations through Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), of which Sabra is the sole general partner and Sabra's wholly owned subsidiaries are currently the only limited partners, or by subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. The Company’s investment portfolio is primarily comprised of skilled nursing/transitional care facilities, senior housing facilities and an acute care hospital leased to third-party operators; senior housing facilities operated by third-party property managers pursuant to property management agreements (“Managed Properties”); investments in loans receivable; and preferred equity investments.

Pending Merger with CCP

On May 7, 2017, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Care Capital Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CCP”), PR Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Care Capital Properties, L.P. (“CCPLP”), a Delaware limited partnership and wholly-owned subsidiary of CCP. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, CCP will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity in the Merger. Following the Merger, also pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Subsequent Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving entity in the Subsequent Merger. Simultaneously with the Subsequent Merger, also pursuant to the Merger Agreement, CCPLP will be merged with and into the Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Merger”), with the Operating Partnership continuing as the surviving entity in the Partnership Merger.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each share of CCP common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than shares of CCP common stock owned directly by CCP, the Company or their respective subsidiaries, in each case not held on behalf of third parties) will be converted into the right to receive 1.123 (the “Exchange Ratio”) newly issued shares of Company common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

The parties’ obligations to consummate the Merger are subject to certain conditions, including, without limitation, (i) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of CCP common stock entitled to vote at a special meeting of the CCP stockholders held for that purpose, (ii) the approval of the issuance of Company common stock in connection with the Merger by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Company common stock at a special meeting of the Company stockholders held for that purpose, (iii) the shares of Company common stock to be issued in connection with the Merger will have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, subject to official notice of issuance, (iv) the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by the Company for purposes of registering the issuance of shares of Company common stock issuable in connection with the Merger shall not be the subject of any stop order, (v) the Company and CCP each having received certain tax opinions and (vi) the absence of any order or injunction preventing the consummation of the Merger or any material law rendering the consummation of the Merger illegal. On July 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) declared the Company's registration statement on Form S-4 effective and a special meeting of the Company's stockholders is scheduled to be held on August 15, 2017.

The Company, Merger Sub and CCP have made customary representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement and agreed to certain customary covenants, including, among others, covenants by each party to use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice during the period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger.

The closing of the Merger is expected to occur during the third calendar quarter of 2017, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. There can be no assurance that all closing conditions will be satisfied or waived by the parties, that the Merger will close on during the third calendar quarter of 2017 or that the Merger will be consummated at all.