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Here’s how many people could lose Obamacare coverage in your district
If the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is repealed without a comprehensive replacement more than 301,000 people living in the U.S. congressional districts that make up Central Florida are...
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Baptist Health, NFL players take over athletic training facility (PHOTOS)
Baptist Health Sports Medicine in Blankenbaker Station has rebranded to Baptist Health Performance Training with a recent shift in ownership. Louisville Business First reported last year that...
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10 things to ask before ... Choosing a hospital
Does my physician practice at the hospital? This is a critical first question, especially when dealing with a non-emergency health care need, in particular. If your physician does not practice at the...
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San Antonio hospital system names new CEO
Christus Santa Rosa Health System has tapped Dean Alexander as its new president and CEO. The opportunity represents a return trip to San Antonio, where he previously served in a same role with a...
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Ipswich consultant’s biotech training program expands into Europe
Curt Sprouse, the CEO of Ipswich-based consulting firm EurekaConnect, has organized a series of workshops in recent years where scientists are trained on how to translate discoveries in the lab into...
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How a MedStar hospital has convinced insurers to pay for cancer treatments
When Diane Lucey was first diagnosed with stage 1 cancer in her salivary gland three years ago, she was treated with surgery and six weeks of radiation treatments. But by the time the disease had come...
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Triad CEO: What it means to earn 'America's 100 Best Hospitals Award'
Alamance Regional Medical Center will this week receive a Healthgrades 2017 America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award. The distinction places Alamance Regional in the top 2 percent of more than 4,500...
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New audit shows major health system's 2016 losses were larger than initially...
Broward Health lost more than twice as much initially reported in fiscal 2016, according to a newly released audit, which also faulted it for not complying with a federal regulatory agreement. It has...
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Exclusive: Major medical group names new executive
A local medical company has named a new chief operating officer, who will help it to grow in prominence. Moraine-based CompuNet Clinical Laboratories hired Teresa Williams as COO, effective this month....
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Hospitals get $8M in state grants for MassHealth IT upgrades
State hospitals are getting $8 million to spend on IT improvements to deal with Medicaid reform thanks to recent grants from the state. The money is being divided in varying amounts among nine health...
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Florida gene therapy firm AGTC is expanding in Cambridge
Two years ago, Sue Washer chose Cambridge as the site of her Florida-based gene therapy firm’s second office. Now the company, Applied Genetic Technologies Corp., is expanding its footprint in the...
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Active Implants names new president and CEO
A former exec with Wright Medical Technology has been tapped to lead Active Implants, a Memphis-based private company that develops orthopedic implants. Ted Davis will succeed Henry Klyce as president...
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Tackling the many challenges of health care
Keith Smith fell into his love of law. The general counsel for Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte was a history major at Duke University with plans for a career in academia. He admits being...
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Managed Care Plans
Rank Rank / Prior rank / URL Local full-time employees Types of plans Participating local physicians Company headquarters Year founded locally Top local executive 1 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee,...
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Ohiocannabis.com owner: Why I'm betting on an undeveloped industry
Most businesses fail, but at least they have a crucial head start: what they’re selling has long been legal. The Ohio marijuana industry doesn’t have that luxury. Legislators last year legalized the...
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Garcia’s goal: End the violence
A bullet sits in a plastic container on a bookshelf in the office of Dr. Victor Garcia, a pediatric surgeon who founded the Trauma Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. “It’s a...
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Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes Buffalo Niagara Western New York Rank Name/ Prior (*new or not ranked)/ URL Beds Occupancy rate Medicare rating (out of five) Owner 1 Terrace View Long-Term Care Facility, 462 Grider St.,...
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WellStar Kennestone plans $170M emergency project
WellStar Kennestone Hospital is building a new $170 million emergency room to serve Cobb County’s growing population. On Feb. 17, Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System filed plans to build a...
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Here's how much pot you can buy under Ohio's proposed medical marijuana rules
Medical marijuana patients in Ohio would be allowed to get up to six ounces of marijuana every three months under proposed rules – a smaller amount than allowed in some other states. The Ohio Board of...
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Meet our 2017 Health Care Heroes (PHOTOS)
Hi. My name is Brent, and I’m a nosocomephobic. I suffer from an irrational fear of hospitals. I fidget in waiting rooms. I get woozy at the sight of blood. And the sterile smell of medical facilities...
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