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Personalities of Pittsburgh: Wesley Spectrum's Doug Muetzel
Doug Muetzel has been the CEO of Wesley Spectrum Services for more than 17 years. In that time, he has spearheaded a lot of change, including the recently launched Connections, Assessments, Resources,...
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Antibiotic developer's stock soars 23% thanks to positive study data
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, a Boston biotech company that has rapidly expanded its presence in the Philadelphia suburbs, saw its stock price soar by 23 percent Tuesday after posting positive results from...
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Meet 2017's Women of Influence (Photos)
In selecting the 25 business leaders worthy of the annual Portland Women of Influence awards, judges try to come up with a good mix of industries. That is, a few lawyers, a few restaurateurs, maybe a...
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Nominate by April 19 for 20th annual Health Care Heroes Awards
Nominations are now open for Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 20th annual Health Care Heroes Awards. The deadline to nominate is April 19. The awards honor leading health care industry professionals making...
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Exclusive: Top 10 best-performing Bay Area stocks in the 1st quarter
Investors in Silicon Valley did particularly well in the first quarter of 2017, especially if they were in these stocks. By comparison, the S&P 500 Index rose nearly 6 percent and the NASDAQ...
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Fast-growing NM business acquired by national company following CEO's retirement
Companion Care LLC, which was named one of New Mexico's fastest growing companies by Albuquerque Business First last year, has been acquired by nationwide senior care provider Comfort Keepers....
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How Regence BlueCross BlueShield helped take down an eye clinic for...
About six years ago, a Regence BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage member flagged a Gresham ophthalmologist for medical services that seemed unnecessary. Regence's External Audit and Investigations...
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Exclusive: Top 10 best-performing Bay Area stocks in the 1st quarter
Investors in Silicon Valley did particularly well in the first quarter of 2017, especially if they were in these stocks. By comparison, the S&P 500 Index rose nearly 6 percent and the NASDAQ...
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TeleTech acquires health-services tech company
TeleTech Holdings Inc. said today it has acquired Connextions Inc., a health-care technology and services company, for $80 million. The Douglas County-based call-center operator and business-process...
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Castlight Health completes acquisition of startup Jiff
San Francisco-based Castlight Health this week completed its acquisition of Jiff to combine their health benefits platforms into one. The digital health companies give employers and employees a...
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Longtime Cerner exec becomes first on-staff physician at a YMCA
After a decade with Cerner Corp., Dr. Daphne Bascom took on a new role with the YMCA. Cerner's former chief medical officer for physician alignment joined the YMCA of Greater Kansas City as senior vice...
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Niagara Falls Memorial begins $5.5M parking project
As it prepares to begin a major renovation of its parking ramp on Monday, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has begun offering valet parking for patients utilizing its new cardiac catheterization...
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Healthcare: Republicans still at odds over reform bill
While some Republicans were hoping to revive a new version of the GOP healthcare reform bill, Reuters is reporting that conservative holdouts are stalling progress on talks that began this week....
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Netsmart joins pilot to help clinics get more Medicaid support
Netsmart will partner with five organizations on a national pilot program to expand access to mental health and addiction care. The Overland Park-based health IT provider will support Tri-County Mental...
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Affordable health insurance remains essential for America’s well-being
Last week proponents of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) — the proposed new legislation designed to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare — withdrew the bill from consideration....
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Mount Carmel ends ER joint venture with struggling Adeptus Health
Mount Carmel Health System is ending its joint venture with Adeptus Health Inc. and evaluating how to go ahead with plans to build a network of freestanding emergency rooms in Central Ohio without the...
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Can a 72-year-old, surf-loving Scientologist score again with this med device...
Bob Duggan knows how to spot a deal. Buying — then holding — shares of cancer-fighting drug developer Pharmacyclics Inc. even as they sank under $1, Duggan took home $3.5 billion in cash and stock when...
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EXCLUSIVE: Vera Whole Health pulls in $24M to fund national expansion
Vera Whole Health just landed $24 million to fund a national expansion. The Series D round was led by Leerink Transformation Partners with participation from Archimedes Health Investors and previous...
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Integrated Health Network winds down; CEO Janavitz joins Medical College
Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin — the state’s first multi-health system accountable care organization — closed its Brookfield offices and CEO Kurt Janavitz has been hired as an executive at the...
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Regulators step in as Zoom+ prepares to exit insurance market
Nearly two years after ZoomCare expanded its reach with Zoom+ Performance Health Insurance, the company is retreating from the market. In addition, state regulators placed the health plan under...
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