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DaVita scoops up Wisconsin operator of dialysis clinics
DaVita Kidney Care announced Monday that it has scooped up a Wisconsin operator of 10 dialysis clinics less than one week after reporting a tough quarter and two other acquisitions. DaVita Kidney Care,...
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Bill to repeal Colorado health-insurance exchange meets its end
Colorado’s health-insurance exchange will live for at least one more year. Sen. Jim Smallwood, R-Parker, killed his bill Monday that would have shut down Connect for Health Colorado at the end of 2018....
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Orlando Health surgeon, physical therapist: Remembering the Pulse nightclub...
After a mass murderer walked into Pulse nightclub in downtown Orlando a year ago on June 12, 2016, and started shooting, the victims who suffered gunshot wounds and those who had gashes and bruises...
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New unit for PPD after Evidera acquisition
Following its acquisition of Bethesda, Maryland-based Evidera last year, Pharmaceutical Product Development has rolled out a new business unit that combines its medical affairs research operations...
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New CEO takes seat at Sutter Physician Services
Longtime health care executive Jeremy Eaves became CEO of Sutter Physician Services on April 24. Sutter Physician Services is a unit of Sutter Health that provides management and administrative...
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Psych hospital operator seeks legislative exemption from rules to build in...
The fight over a proposed psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville that the Oregon Health Authority turned down is also playing out in the Legislature. Senate Bill 1054 would lift the "certificate of need"...
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Fresenius plans dialysis site in Batavia
Batavia is the next target for a national dialysis company. Fresenius Kidney Care, one of the nation’s largest dialysis service providers, has filed plans through an affiliate company to open a...
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Wyden asks HHS Secretary Price to probe pain groups, drug industry conflicts...
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden asked Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to delay a federal opioid workshop to allow for time to examine ties between participating groups and the drug industry. The...
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Humana hiring telesales positions in Phoenix
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is hiring 110 telesales positions to its Direct Marketing Services workforce in Phoenix. The telesales positions will provide national phone sales and enrollment assistance for...
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Orlando Health exec on 2016 Pulse mass shooting: 'We were preparing for...
No one saw it coming. The innocent people dancing, the bartenders, staff and surrounding businesses didn’t anticipate the June 12, 2016, mass shooting at Pulse nightclub. However, Orlando Regional...
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Quintiles brings breach of contract suit against former senior employee
A breach of contract lawsuit has been brought against a former senior business development employee at QuintilesIMS who allegedly left the company last month and re-emerged at a competitor. Plaintiff...
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EvergreenHealth plans a dedicated unit to help behavioral health patients
EvergreenHealth Medical Center plans to create a specialized unit on its Kirkland campus for medical or surgical patients with behavioral health issues getting treatment before they are transferred to...
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Gov. Deal signs medical marijuana expansion
Legislation Gov. Nathan Deal signed Tuesday will add six illnesses to the list of medical conditions that qualify for treatment in Georgia with a form of medical marijuana. Senate Bill 16 expands...
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Roswell Park recognized on Forbes' top employers survey
Roswell Park Cancer Institute has been ranked among the nation’s best employers in Forbes’ 2017 list of America’s Best Employers. The Buffalo hospital was ranked No. 169 among the top 300 midsize...
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More turnover at Broward Health: Hospital system names fourth CEO in 18 months
Broward Health will soon have its fourth different CEO in 18 months as the public health system’s board named Beverly Capasso interim CEO on May 8. Capasso is one of four board members of the North...
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The Queen’s Health Systems names new CFO
The Queen’s Health Systems said Tuesday that Michel "Mich" Riccioni will join Hawaii's largest hospital system as its new chief financial officer. He replaces Robert Nobriga, the company's former...
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Senior health: How Colorado fares in new rankings
Colorado seniors say they are healthier than anywhere else in the nation. That's according to report released at 10:01 pm MT Tuesday by the Minnesota-based United Health Foundation, a charitable arm of...
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Opioid death rate slows in Massachusetts
Opioid deaths remained high in the first quarter of 2017, but were lower than the same period a year prior, showing that Massachusetts is making progress but still has a long way to go in combatting...
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Memorial Hermann inks JV with area health care provider
Memorial Hermann Health System has signed a joint venture with The Woodlands-based Emerus, a health care provider with microhospitals across the country. The joint venture is not the first for Emerus,...
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HealthSouth starts work on new Shelby County hospital
HealthSouth Corp. has started work on its long-awaited hospital in Shelby County. The Birmingham-based company, which is building a new headquarters in Liberty Park, broke ground earlier this week on...
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