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Longtime BlueCross BlueShield exec retires
Calvin Anderson has retired as senior vice president of corporate affairs and chief of staff for Tennessee's largest insurer. Anderson's retirement from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) was...
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Mild winter hurts Athenahealth revenue, shares slide
Watertown-based health IT company athenahealth has had a difficult stock market day following annual earnings, with the stock down 14 percent on Friday afternoon. The slide is the result of revenue...
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Nationwide Children's-OhioHealth joint ER set to open in Lewis Center
Nationwide Children's Hospital will open its first full emergency department outside the downtown Columbus hospital – alongside the latest in OhioHealth Corp.'s growing ring of standalone ERs– on Feb....
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7 South Floridians charged in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme
A group of South Florida defendants, including owners and doctors of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers, were charged earlier this week for their roles in a health care fraud...
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Economist to lawmakers: Legalizing cannabis would produce hundreds of...
If New Mexico were to legalize cannabis for recreational use, the industry would be worth $412 million and have 250,000 customers in its first year. That's what an economist told lawmakers this week....
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University of Miami Health System signs deal with 500-physician practice
The University of Miami Health System signed a collaboration agreement with Miami-based VitalMD Group Holdings, which has a network of 500 physicians. VitalMD places private physicians into its network...
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OSU to study relationship between prescription opioids and heroin
Anywhere from 40 percent to 70 percent of heroin users say they started with prescription opioid pain relievers. Price and accessibility are likely culprits in that switch, but there could be more to...
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Durham's Baebies Inc. gets FDA nod
Durham-based Baebies Inc. received a nod from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday when it permitted marketing of the company’s Seeker System for the screening of several rare disorders in...
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Merkley asks for waiver so Iranian infant can travel to OHSU for surgery
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley told the Oregonian/OregonLive that he is asking for a waiver to allow an Iranian baby girl to travel to Oregon for heart surgery. The infant was caught up in international...
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NFL, Texas Medical Center announce winners of startup pitch competition
The National Football League and Texas Medical Center held their 1st and Future event Feb. 4 at the TMC's Innovation Institute, and companies from Minnesota, New Hampshire and Virgina took home top...
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Baby Fatemah cleared to enter US for OHSU surgery
Fatemah Rashad, an infant from Iran with a life-threatening heart condition who was barred from entering the U.S., will be able to travel to Portland for treatment after all. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
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Roswell Park execs: Spinoffs also serve as recruitment tool
New cancer therapies are by far the biggest goal for new companies spun-off from research developed inside Roswell Park Cancer Institute. But there are other benefits as well that help the hospital...
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New nonprofit will expand clinical care in WyCo
The Turner House Children's Clinic and The University of Kansas Health System merged their respective safety-net clinics to form the Wyandotte Community Health Center. Patrick Sallee will be CEO of the...
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Jan's Take: How the 4 finalists for Brackenridge hospital site redevelopment...
The four companies selected to submit proposals for the redevelopment of University Medical Center Brackenridge present some unusual choices. The finalists were picked from 12 developers that responded...
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Y Combinator alumnus raises $15M for clinical data tech
Redwood City-based clinical testing software startup Comprehend Systems today announced it has raised a $15 million Series C, led by Eminence Capital, with participation from existing investors Sequoia...
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New Texas Biomed leader lured by San Antonio's untapped potential
San Antonio is gaining more scientific firepower from afar, lured here in large part by the city’s upside potential. The latest recruit is Dr. Larry Schlesinger, who is convinced the Alamo City is...
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Deadly, rare lung cancer finds big foe: Patients with little to lose
Amid the bustle of scientists and drug company leaders at a fall 2015 lung cancer conference, Lisa Goldman searched for answers. It had been 20 months since the Mountain View resident — a nonsmoker and...
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Medical College of Wisconsin names new director for human genetics center
Nearly two years after scientist Howard Jacob announced his departure as director of the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Human and Molecular Genetics Center, the private medical school named a...
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Walden touts Obamacare replacement, offers few details
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden on Monday said he wants to keep some of the more popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act and repeal others, though he offered few details on how the replacement would be...
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BioMarin sues to stop generic version of its $90K-a-year drug
Rare-disease drug developer BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. sued an Indian drug maker that plans to make and sell a version of one of BioMarin's top-selling drugs. The San Rafael company (NASDAQ: BMRN),...
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