ORGANIZATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

ORGANIZATION [Abstract]

ORGANIZATION

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (“Parent”), is a Maryland corporation that, together with its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, “Omega”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, “us”) invests in healthcare-related real estate properties located in the United States (“U.S.”) and the United Kingdom (“U.K.”). Our core business is to provide financing and capital to the long-term healthcare industry with a particular focus on skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), assisted living facilities (“ALFs”), and to a lesser extent, independent living facilities (“ILFs”), rehabilitation and acute care facilities (“specialty facilities”) and medical office buildings (“MOBs”). Our core portfolio consists of our long-term “triple-net” leases and mortgage loans with healthcare operating companies and affiliates (collectively, our “operators”). In addition to our core investments, we selectively make loans to operators for working capital and capital expenditures. From time to time, we also acquire equity interests in joint ventures or entities that support the long-term healthcare industry and our operators.  

Omega has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes and is structured as an umbrella partnership REIT (“UPREIT”) under which all of Omega's assets are owned directly or indirectly by, and all of Omega's operations are conducted directly or indirectly through, its operating partnership subsidiary, OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership (collectively with subsidiaries, “Omega OP”). Omega has exclusive control over Omega OP’s day-to-day management pursuant to the partnership agreement governing Omega OP. As of December 31, 2021, Parent owned approximately 97% of the issued and outstanding units of partnership interest in Omega OP (“Omega OP Units”), and other investors owned approximately 3% of the outstanding Omega OP Units.