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Arndt leaves behind a changed industry
Jurgen Arndt will leave behind a very different place when he retires in April from the Niagara Lutheran Health System. Arndt first joined the system as a nurse nearly 42 years ago, working at the...
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Seton names top execs for fundraising organization, Northwest Austin hospital
Seton Healthcare Family has two new faces filling executive roles in the Austin area. Kristi Katz has been named executive director of the philanthropy behind Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central...
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What's behind McKesson's $3 billion buying spree?
McKesson Corp., the huge San Francisco-based drug distribution and health care IT company, has agreed to buy three companies in the last week for more than $3 billion total, augmenting its distribution...
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Supreme Court ruling could hamper health transparency in Oregon
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision earlier this week to limit states’ efforts to collect claims data from insurers could have an impact in Oregon. The court ruled 6-2 in favor of Liberty Mutual...
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Moda's loss grows through end of 2015
Moda Health Plan’s loss widened through the end of 2015 to $49.5 million, according to its annual report. Moda had lost $31 million through the third quarter, after losing $6 million in 2014. “The...
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InCube Labs’ San Antonio startup locks in millions in new funding
One of InCube Labs’ San Antonio companies has scored critical financial support. Fe3 Medical has secured $11 million in its second round of funding. Three investors — Jianmin Pharmaceuticals, HG...
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Troubled biomedical company engineers reverse split to prop up share price
Struggling biomedical company Cesca Therapeutics Inc. on Wednesday announced a 1-for-20 reverse stock split in a move designed to keep the company on the Nasdaq stock exchange. In October the Nasdaq...
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Ascension laying off 101 after violations at St. Louis program
Ascension Health is closing its Alexian Brothers Community Services facility in south St. Louis after it was forced to suspend enrollment there last fall. By April 30, 101 employees will lose their...
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Plan for developing I-25/Broadway site gets 1st hearing
The Denver Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a plan for a mix of residential and commercial development at the light rail and bus station at Broadway and Interstate 25. It’s one of the busiest...
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CoorsTek Medical enters the U.S. hip implant market, plans expansion
Hip replacement implants using ceramic made by CoorsTek Medical won federal approval for domestic use last week, giving the company its first U.S. toehold and prompting moves to expand its...
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N.C. hospitals partner with New Mexico system in Medicaid reform
The coalition of North Carolina hospitals that could one day become a provider-led-entity under North Carolina’s reformed Medicaid system has chosen Presbyterian Health Plan of New Mexico as its...
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With additional business, Presbyterian explores major headquarters expansion
Presbyterian Healthcare Services announced today that its Presbyterian Health Plan of New Mexico was chosen by a group of 11 health systems in North Carolina to be its Medicaid partner. The partnership...
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President Obama: 'You made Milwaukee a model for the nation'
Milwaukee is a winning example of what President Barack Obama would like to see happen across the country – enrolling thousands more people on the Affordable Care Act marketplace – and he visited to...
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PBJ Readers: Sky should NOT be the limit for drug prices
Sovaldi and Martin Shkreli became households words over the past couple of years. Both are synonymous with public outrage over rising drug prices. The first is the hepatitis C miracle cure that costs...
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Sen. Murray introduces bill to restore medical research funding
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, introduced a bill Thursday to create a new funding stream for the National Institutes of Health and the Food & Drug Administration in an effort to restore medical...
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Kissimmee identifies areas of opportunity in proposed medical district
If you're a medical professional in the areas of dermatology, urology, mental health or weight management, Kissimmee officials want to speak with you. Those are the medical specialties the city is...
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Southcoast, Rhode Island hospital chain merger talks on track despite...
Financial losses and layoffs haven’t derailed merger discussions between Rhode Island-based Care New England Health System and Southcoast Health System in New Bedford, executives said today. The health...
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3,500 Bay Area RNs at Sutter Health win big pay increases
Roughly 3,500 registered nurses at Sutter Health hospitals in San Francisco and the East Bay have won pay increases ranging from 20 percent to 28 percent over four years, according to the California...
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Buffalo-based company seeks to help healthcare entities comply with...
Healthcare providers are subject to an increasingly complex system of regulations governing everything from patient privacy to financial records to operations. And while regulations from an alphabet...
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Kid philanthropists raise money for rare disease research
Michael Bendok and his friend Samuel Steiner —12-year-old seventh graders at Phoenix Country Day School — were looking for something to do that would contribute to the community. Steiner, whose brother...
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