Here's how Baptist Healthcare and Norton Healthcare did financially last quarter
New financial documents from Baptist Healthcare System and Norton Healthcare present contrasting financial pictures in the Louisville health care scene.
View ArticleDavis-based pharmaceutical company takes on industry giant Biogen
Davis-based Ixchel Pharma has accused Biogen Inc. of antitrust violations for allegedly blocking its development of a drug that would treat a crippling degenerative disease.
View ArticleHealth care: Without subsidies, premiums will soar
The Congressional Budget Office says that insurance premiums could soar 20 percent next year if the Trump administration ends payments for companies under the Affordable Care Act. The CBO released its...
View ArticleTriad health center reopens this month
The Clara F. Gunn Medical Center in Reidsville will reopen this month after being closed by Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine’s local branch. The medical center, which is located at 922 Third Avenue,...
View ArticleWhy AccessOne's CEO picked Kingsley Park to expand its Fort Mill presence
The new AccessOne space will contain its patient advocacy center, which handles all communications with its customers who are patients.
View ArticleBiogen gains $1B in value after Goldman Sachs touts Alzheimer’s drug
Biogen Inc. gained more than $1 billion in market value Wednesday morning after Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest investment banks, added the drug developer to its closely-watched Equity...
View ArticleFairview to spend $112M on capital projects at HealthEast
Fairview committed to spend the money as part of the health systems’ recently closed merger deal.
View ArticleTop of the List: Physician Practices
Today, we're giving our readers a sneak peek into one of our weekly lists — this one of the top doctor's offices in the area. There are more than 6,000 total local full-time employees and 1,564 total...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente Hawaii reports net loss of $11.9M for Q2
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii reported a net loss of $11.9 million for the quarter ending June 30, compared to net income of $3.7 million from 2016’s comparable period. Operating expenses were $378.6...
View ArticleDrug pricing: Inside the war at the doctor's office
As a cardiologist, Dr. John Bennett experienced firsthand how drug salespeople convinced doctors to prescribe the most expensive drugs on the market.
View Article2017 Healthiest Employers: Children’s Home Society of Florida
This organization's most awesome wellness initiative involves a visit to the home of a certain mouse.
View ArticleNiagara Falls nursing home workers approve new contract
The three-year contract at Schoellkopf Health Center includes wage increases and additional employee benefits.
View ArticleWesley marks completion of $3M birth care center remodel
The center is being renamed Wesley Birth Care Suites.
View ArticleCambridge’s Go Therapeutics gets initial $5M investment
Cambridge biotech Go Therapeutics Inc. has raised $5 million from what its CEO says is a single, undisclosed “strategic investor” to be named in a few weeks. The company is developing antibodies that...
View ArticleEpiPen maker settles federal claims for $465M a year after Sanofi filed suit
Mylan NV will pay $465 million fine to settle claims brought by the U.S. Justice Department that it overcharged the government for its emergency allergy drug, EpiPen. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in...
View ArticleEditorial: Opioids — a national emergency
We need to block the easy path that exists to developing an opioid use disorder, as well as concentrate on increasing our health care workforce and access to treatment.
View ArticleOpioid prescribing rates drop in some counties
Across the U.S., the amount of opioids prescribed has been declining since hitting a high in 2010, and local counties also have seen a slight decline in the prescribed amounts, according to new data...
View ArticleIn the Spotlight: Isaac Perry
This unique position meshes my professional strengths with my creative personality. I am a big proponent of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test, and as an INTJ I am at my best when I can observe the...
View ArticleHighmark mid-year results reflect gains
Highmark Health on Thursday announced financial results for the first half of 2017, reporting an excess of revenue over expenses of $535 million and an operating gain of $505 million, the strongest...
View ArticleFDA tells doctors to 'closely monitor' patients who use weight-loss balloon...
Apollo Endosurgery Inc., an Austin medical device company, is caught up in a federal review of weight-loss devices following five patient deaths in the past two years. The U.S. Food and Drug...
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