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After successful 2016, DaVita predicts income drop in 2017
After meeting expectations in most financial areas in 2016, DaVita Inc. executives warned Thursday that revenues are likely to be down in 2017 because of headwinds that will cost the Denver-based...
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Congressional Republicans unveil Obamacare replacement
A plan to repeal and replace Obamacare has been unveiled in Congress. A 19-page document includes plans to rescind a number of taxes that have either impacted the cost of health care or stifled...
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San Francisco is the worst city to look for health care jobs
The health care industry may be booming, but San Francisco is the worst place to look for health care jobs right now, according to a study from Abodo. Apartment listing website Abodo scored metro areas...
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Shkreli defends drug prices, spars with protesters at heated UMass Boston event
Controversial pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli used a speaking appearance at UMass Boston on Thursday to defend the high cost of some rare disease treatments, including a drug developed by...
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Biotech giants square off in 'biosimilar' fight for top-selling cancer drug
Biotech titans Genentech Inc. and Amgen Inc. are going head-to-head over the $7 billion cancer-fighting drug Avastin. Genentech, the South San Francisco-based U.S. biotech unit of Swiss drug giant...
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A medical campus leader
Vic Nole had spent the past decade trying to help medical companies commercialize products and technologies when, in 2014, he was hired to do a similar job on behalf of an entire region. Nole is...
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Opinion: Repeal the medical device tax to help Washington's companies thrive
W ashington state is a worldwide leader on many fronts, including medical innovation, and the medical device industry continues to grow in the Puget Sound region and the state. As the former Washington...
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Why this Brentwood hospital company CEO doesn't mind if Congress takes it slow
Republicans in Washington, D.C., have begun to acknowledge that crafting a replacement for the Affordable Care Act will take longer than initially promised by President Donald Trump. For LifePoint...
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HealthEast taps outside firm to manage mental-health operation
HealthEast Care System has tapped hospital-management giant Universal Health Services to oversee mental-health services at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul. King of Prussia, Penn.-based UHS is also...
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Ethicon to acquire competitor
Ethicon, a Blue Ash firm that makes medical tools used for surgery, revealed today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire competitor Torax Medical Inc. Ethicon, which is a division of New...
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Main Line hospital plans $52.8 million emergency department expansion
Lankenau Medical Center unveiled plans Friday to spend $52.8 million to expand and enhance its emergency department. The Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, hospital's emergency department, built to handle 35,000...
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New aesthetics business finds permanent home in Cranbrook development
Troutman Richardson Medical Aesthetics Center LLC will move next month to its permanent location within the Offices at Cranbrook development. The business, started in September by Drs. Betty Troutman...
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Phillip Frost’s Opko sells subsidiary to ELLKAY
Opko Health sold the assets of its CareEvolve subsidiary to ELLKAY LLC. The Miami-based pharmaceutical, biotech and diagnostics company (Nasdaq: OPKO) led by Chairman and CEO Phillip Frost did not...
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Wuesthoff Health System to be acquired by Boston firm
Wuesthoff Health System will be bought by Boston-based Steward Health Care LLC, according to Florida Today. Wuesthoff owns Wuesthoff Medical Center Rockledge and Wuesthoff Medical Center-Melbourne and...
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Opioid overdoses grew in 2016, propelled by fentanyl
Opioid overdoses are still on the rise, with fentanyl overtaking heroin as causing the most deaths in Massachusetts in 2016. A report by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health estimated 1,979...
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Oregon Senate to consider bill banning late-term 'sex-selective' abortions
A bill pending in the Oregon Senate would ban late-term “sex-selective” abortions, an idea that's elicited criticism from pro-choice groups. Sponsored by Republican Rep. Kim Thatcher of Keizer, Senate...
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Catholic Health funds full scholarship for UB medical student
Fulfilling an early commitment, Catholic Health has awarded the first of three full scholarships for medical students at the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences....
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EXCLUSIVE: TriHealth lays off dozens, including top marketing executive
TriHealth has eliminated the job of the hospital system’s top marketing executive, Anjie Britton, and nearly 70 other employees have been laid off in a restructuring of administrative services. Most of...
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UIC prof: Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance?
Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier...
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Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance?
Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier...
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