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Startup turning rehab into digital art lands huge home-health agency as customer
An Ohio State University spinoff that turns neurological rehabilitation into digital art has won its biggest customer yet, the largest franchisee for national home-health chain Interim HealthCare Inc....
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Heat Biologics faces threat of delisting – again
Durham’s Heat Biologics (Nasdaq: HTBX) is in threat of delisting again. According to a document filed by Heat with the SEC on Thursday, the company has received notification from the Nasdaq Listing...
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AARP: Trumpcare could increase costs to older Floridians, entrepreneurs
Lake Worth resident Chris MacLellan, 60, is one of many self-employed entrepreneurs in South Florida that rely on the Affordable Care Act for health coverage. But unfortunately for MacLellan, the...
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'Patient lives are at stake,' Fred Hutch president says of 'devastating'...
President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget proposal slashes funding by 18 percent for the National Institutes of Health, a critical funding source for Seattle's world-renowned research centers. Thanks in...
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Ohio children's hospitals: Republican health care plan could hurt kids
Nationwide Children's Hospital and its fellow pediatric medical centers are sounding the alarm that the Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could cut coverage for children....
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Medical College invests in talent
The Medical College of Wisconsin is less "in the black" this year, and that’s by design as the private medical school adds new talent and prepares to launch a pharmacy school, says president Dr. John...
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GOP health plan could cost 465K Oregonians their coverage, and the state...
A new state-based analysis of the impact from the House Republican plan to reshape health reform paints a disastrous picture for Oregon. As many as 465,000 Oregonians would lose health coverage by...
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Local drug company stocks react to Trump's proposed cuts to NIH, FDA
Most of the Washington region's biggest publicly traded biotech companies saw their stock prices dip Thursday following the release of President Donald Trump's proposed budget calling for research...
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Honolulu physical therapy company expanding to Central Oahu
Holomua Physcial Therapy, which has an office in Honoulu, is expanding to Central Oahu with a second location at a mixed-use retail center near the Costco Wholesale Corp. store in Waipio, a company...
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Accolade teams up with telemedicine provider Teladoc
Accolade Inc. is teaming up with a Texas telemedicine company to boost the use of tools and technology designed to improve the quality and affordability of health care for consumers. Based in Seattle...
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Framingham clinic owners to pay millions over erectile dysfunction scheme
Six months after a men’s medical clinic were forced to pay $17 million related to its erectile dysfunction scheme, the two owners have been ordered to pay $13.5 million for their role, according to...
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Highmark Health reports $18.2 billion in 2016 revenue
Highmark Health reported operating revenue of $18.2 billion for fiscal year 2016, driven by improvements in all of its lines of business, particularly its health plan, according to its president and...
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University of Texas names interim head for M.D. Anderson
The University of Texas System has named Dr. Marshall Hicks as the interim president of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Hicks will replace Dr. Ronald DePinho, who is stepping down...
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Check out Dignity Health’s dozens of robot doctors roaming its hospitals
Dignity Health will add more robot doctors across its system to grow its telemedicine services, it said this week. Health care has increasingly turned to technology and Silicon Valley-driven solutions...
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TMG Partners aims for 250 homes at massive CPMC site in San Francisco
Developer TMG Partners wants to build up to 250 new homes on a rare San Francisco development site: the California Pacific Medical Center hospital site in Presidio Heights. The firm submitted a...
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Regence BlueShield president steps down
Don Antonucci has stepped down as president of Regence BlueShield of Washington to join a health care risk management startup in Southern California. Antonucci, who served as Regence's Washington...
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Analyst: Trump budget's FDA fee hikes would hurt smaller Seattle biotech...
President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget doesn’t spare Seattle-area biotechnology companies, which have remained cautiously optimistic that the new administration would go easy on the industry...
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FIRST LOOK: Children’s Hospital reveals cost, appearance of biggest project ever
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center expects construction of a massive patient tower and related infrastructure on the Avondale campus to cost up to $650 million, making it the most expensive...
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Manoa Botanicals CEO says cash-based medical marijuana business will be safe
Security and cash were some of the topics discussed at the Hawaii Society of Business Professional’s luncheon on Thursday, which featured a panel on the state’s medical marijuana program, with Manoa...
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Honolulu-based Sagely names Alex Bitoun president
Honolulu-based Sagely named Alex Bitoun its new president. The technology company, which is a member of the ‘ike family of companies, provides solutions for senior living communities. The company said...
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