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Governor announces statewide hiring freeze
In response to Oregon’s fiscal crunch, Gov. Kate Brown today announced a statewide hiring freeze. In a statement, Brown said the move was “the first in a series of executive actions” she’ll take in the...
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SoCal doctors, pharmacists, business owners charged in $40M kickback scheme
More than two dozen doctors, pharmacists and business owners across California are facing charges in a shutdown of a $40 million fraudulent medical billing and kickback operation. Insurance...
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Top 10 best-funded health care startups — and 7 of them are in the Bay Area
Bay Area health startups are attracting more investor interest, a new survey shows. Palo Alto investment firm Venrock last month surveyed almost 300 investors, employers and insurers on their outlook...
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Club with boutique bouldering gym leases space in Juno's new South Lake Union...
Juno Therapeutics Inc. is about to upgrade its South Lake Union headquarters. Juno is preparing to occupy 241,000 square feet over nine floors of its newly built headquarters at 400 Dexter Ave. N.,...
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GE Healthcare odyssey leads to CEO spot in Waukesha: Karim Karti
Like most management-track employees with General Electric, Karim Karti rode the relocation roller-coaster including posts in London, Paris, Seoul and Istanbul. Karti is not complaining, but he...
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Medical marijuana dispensary Pono Life Sciences Maui opens office in Downtown...
Pono Life Sciences Maui, LLC is opening up an office in Downtown Honolulu to help further the company’s education mission. The medical marijuana dispensary, which received its notice to proceed to grow...
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KU Health secures bonds for newly 'acquired' Hays Med
The University of Kansas Hospital Authority has raised $40.2 million in bonds to pay off Hays Medical Center's debt, according to Fitch Ratings. In September, The University of Kansas Hospital and...
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Trump invites Vertex CEO to White House for biotech summit
Vertex Pharmaceuticals CEO Jeffrey Leiden is among a group of pharmaceutical executives that have reportedly been invited to meet with top officials from the Trump Administration next month to discuss...
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Mayo Clinic to study blood test to detect breast cancer early
Mayo Clinic in Arizona has begun a clinical trial to develop blood tests for early-stage breast cancer. Mayo campuses in Minnesota, Florida and Wisconsin will join Sutter Health sites in California to...
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Baptist to replace Methodist in BlueCross BlueShield network
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) is changing its in-network hospital system next year for some of its Memphis members. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. hospitals will...
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Why a Bucks County biopharm firm's stock price dropped by 15 percent
Onconova Therapeutics’ stock price fell 15 percent Friday after the publicly traded Bucks County biopharmaceutical company, which is focused on developing cancer therapies, announced plans for a $5.2...
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UNC, Duke researchers receive $3M from CDC
A team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine and Duke University, as well as the University of Vermont and the University of Nicaragua-León, has been awarded a $3.2 million contract to partner...
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UnitedHealth Group reports increases in compensation for named executives
Stephen Hemsley, CEO of UnitedHealth Group Inc., saw his compensation rise 22 percent year over year. UHG reported Hemsley's compensation was almost $17.8 million last year, according to a new...
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OR lawmakers mull further actions to curb budget growth
The chairs and vice-chairs of the Oregon Joint Committee on Ways and Means on Friday unveiled a list of actions to curb future budget growth, though it was far from the detailed list of potential cuts...
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This may be Apple's oddest, wettest job duty
Here's one of the more odd job functions held by an Apple employee: producing gallons of human sweat. One employee at the Cupertino-based computer giant has a job to make a fresh batch of artificial...
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Hawaii's medi-juana dispensaries prepare for license renewals as state delays...
A year after receiving their licenses, medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii have yet to generate any revenue, but it’s already time for them to renew their licenses. The Hawaii State Department of...
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U.S. surgeon general, a former Brigham physician, asked to resign by Trump
Brigham and Women's physician Vivek Murthy was asked to resign from his role as U.S. surgeon general on Friday night, as the Trump administration works to transition top appointments from the Obama...
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Theranos accused in court filing of misleading its board, investors
Theranos misled its directors and funders and used a shell company to "secretly" buy commercial lab equipment, according to a lawsuit filed by a former investor. The Wall Street Journal reported those...
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Developing a dynamic strategy in a changing healthcare environment
Trends in the U.S. healthcare industry are poised to change the nature of the provider business model. The rise of value-based care, the application of new digital technologies, and ongoing cost...
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This emergency room doctor is branching out to save patients trips
As an emergency room physician at HonorHealth during the past 17 years, Dr. Paul Flatley has seen many patients who could have been treated in an urgent care or a primary care setting. Many times,...
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