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Rural healthcare: A better model of care
Even during this time of healthcare transformation, some communities across the Carolinas – and across the country – still don’t have access to quality health care. For those living far from access to...
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Niagara Falls dialysis centers shift ownership
A Manhattan-based dialysis provider is taking over two additional Niagara County dialysis centers. FMS-Southern Manhattan Dialysis Center, an affiliate of Fresenius Medical Care, filed an application...
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Premera announces changes to individual health plans in Washington
Premera health plans available on the Washington Health Benefit Exchange in 2017 will be available to fewer individuals and include fewer in-network providers. The insurer hopes, however, that this...
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Froedtert & the Medical College network expands into downtown Waukesha
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin will expand into downtown Waukesha as the Waukesha Family Medicine Practice has joined the Wauwatosa-based health network. The clinic staff in Waukesha...
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Colorado move offers potential preview of new EPA rules for New Mexico energy...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized regulations cracking down on leaks of methane from oil and gas operations across the country. Camilla Feibelman, director of the Rio...
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Filings: UPMC CEO's compensation tops $6.4M
UPMC President and CEO Jeffrey Romoff earned $6.4 million in total compensation for the 12 months ending on June 30, 2015, according to reports filed Friday with the Internal Revenue Service. His...
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Four things to know about Gov. Brown's revised budget proposal
Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a revised budget proposal on Friday that called for $400 million less in general fund spending in the next fiscal year than Brown's previous budget proposal that was released...
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Weatherford Partners raises millions for health care investment
The Tampa investment firm founded by former Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford has raised $7 million for two funds focused on health care. Weatherford declined to comment for now on how the...
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Four things to know about Gov. Brown's revised budget proposal
Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a revised budget proposal on Friday that would reduce spending from the state's general fund by almost $500 million in the next fiscal year. The proposal reflects both savings...
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Medical Device Manufacturers
This list ranks the Top 25 medical device manufacturers by full-time employment in the Puget Sound region. Information on the List was obtained from firm representatives, public documents and company...
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Believe it or not, Zillow says Seattle is a better bicycling town than Portland
Many bicyclists in Seattle won't buy it, but Zillow ranks the Emerald City as the No. 1 bike town in the United States. Zillow (Nasdaq: Z, ZG) used housing and Census data to come up with the rankings....
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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reports net loss of $21.5 in Q1
The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in Hawaii reported a net loss of $21.5 million for the first quarter, compared with a loss of $7.8 million for the same quarter in 2015. The health maintenance...
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Glen Nelson, former Park Nicollet CEO, Medtronic director, dies
Dr. Glen Nelson, former chairman and chief executive of Park Nicollet Medical Center and vice chairman of Medtronic Inc., died Saturday. He was 79. Nelson was in Egypt being treated for a long-term...
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Banner loses 'rock star' surgeon in Tucson because of UA merger
A 'rock star' surgeon is pulling up stakes from Banner-University Medical Center Tucson because of what he says is an increasing amount of bureaucracy and a shift away from research. Dr. Peter Rhee,...
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Federal court judge sides with Republicans in Obamacare ruling
Congressional Republicans have won a major court victory in their long-running fight against Obamacare. A Washington, D.C.-based federal court judge ruled Thursday that the Obama administration cannot...
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Top 5 issues that health care consumers and providers care about
You only need to skim the news to know there are immense changes underway in our country’s health care system. This has been spurred on not only by technology but the new health care economy due the...
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Seattle startup Carena gets a national stage to make a case for virtual care
This week Seattle-based Carena, a telemedicine and virtual clinic startup, will be presenting during the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and tradeshow in Minneapolis. Carena's...
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Congressional report casts shadow over state attempt to recoup Cover Oregon...
A U.S. Congressional report out last week provides further evidence that Oregon would likely need to return any money recouped in the Cover Oregon litigation to the federal government, an Oracle...
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Childhaven has raised $20 million in five years, launched total rebrand
Childhaven, a nonprofit serving young children who have been abused or neglected, has raised $20 million from private donors over the last five years and recently rebranded and launched a new strategic...
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Former ambulance company owner charged with falsifying Medicare claims
The 23-year-old owner of a now defunct Philadelphia ambulance company was charged Monday by the U.S. Attorney’s office with making false statements in a health care matter. The U.S. Attorney’s Office...
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