Ryan Cos. plans medical offices in Brooklyn Park
Ryan Cos. U.S. Inc. plans to build and manage a 40,000-square-foot medical office building in Brooklyn Park. Construction on the two-story office building in the 610 Zane Business Park is set to start...
View ArticleUPDATE: Via Christi to eliminate 70 positions, add 80 nurses
Via Christi Health is implementing another round of cost-cutting measures to help offset financial performance in fiscal year 2016. Wichita’s largest health system is eliminating 70 non-direct patient...
View ArticleORMC staff: 'Gunshot injuries are not unusual, but we didn't know what was...
At around 2 a.m. on June 12, Orlando Regional Medical Center got word of a shooting nearby. A patient with a gunshot wound arrived at the hospital awake, able to talk and in stable condition. There was...
View ArticleVince & Associates opens state-of-the-art research facility [PHOTOS]
After years of collecting feedback from clients and the pharmaceutical industry, Vince & Associates Clinical Research opened its new $5.5 million building as part of an early phase clinical...
View ArticleNew lab looking to keep health care money in state
Southwest Labs, a newly opened Albuquerque-based laboratory, is hoping to compete with large out-of-state labs by providing a fast, local alternative for patients and doctors. As a toxicology reference...
View ArticleCareFirst's plan for $56 million surplus is rejected by D.C. regulator
Washington, D.C.'s top insurance regulator apparently wasn't impressed with a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield subsidiary's response on how to handle what's been deemed an "excessive" surplus. In a...
View ArticleHealth care will lead job growth in Oregon
The health care sector will lead long-term job growth in Oregon, according to a new report from the Oregon Employment Department. Health care and social assistance are expected to contribute the most...
View ArticlePrivate ambulance company plans hiring spree
A private ambulance company is planning a hiring blitz and opening a new location in Dayton. Buckeye Ambulance is moving from Centerville to Dayton, which will mean three times more space and major...
View ArticleValue-based care sounds great in theory but few hospitals do it
Health care executives often tout “value-based” payment models, which tie reimbursement to quality of care, as the future of health care. Yet few have actually implemented them. Fewer than a quarter of...
View ArticleThis marketing firm is hiring upwards of 100 in Scottsdale (and will pay for...
Fingerpaint Marketing Inc., a Saratoga Springs, New York-based marketing agency, plans to hire upwards of 100 people in Scottsdale, and will cover the full cost of all their medical premiums. In...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente gets serious about reducing ER use
Frequent visitors to Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center’s Emergency Department might notice a subtle change this week. In order to take its work in reducing ED re-admissions, Kaiser Permanente Northwest...
View ArticleOregon adopts statewide standard for prescribing opioids
A statewide task force has decided that Oregon should follow the guidelines set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on opioid prescribing for chronic pain, in hopes of reducing drug...
View ArticleAmSurg, Envision Healthcare announce merger
Nashville-based AmSurg Corp. is merging with Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc. of Greenwood Village, Colorado, the two companies announced today. The combined company, to be known as Envision...
View ArticleHealth care real estate: The trends you need to know
Emerging trends in the health care industry don't just affect hospitals and doctors, but they also affect local real estate. The No. 1 current trend in health care that's most affecting the real estate...
View ArticleColorado's Envision Healthcare, Tennessee's AmSurg to merge as $10B company
Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc. — which recently became the 10th Colorado company in the Fortune 500— has agreed to merge with another large health-care services provider, AmSurg Corp. The combined...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: California medtech manufacturer opening 500-job facility in Mesa
Mesa just landed a cutting-edge medical technology manufacturer with upwards to 500 jobs. Dexcom (Nasdaq: DXCM), a San Diego-based continuous glucose monitoring manufacturer, is taking a...
View ArticleMomDoc founder retires on 40th anniversary of OB/GYN practice
Dr. Clifford Goodman is retiring from the OB/GYN practice he founded 40 years ago in Chandler. MomDoc will celebrate its 40th anniversary on June 23 — the day Goodman will officially retire from the...
View ArticleDoes this company hold a key to unlock biotech's Goldilocks space dilemma?
Here's the tale for many startup biotech companies: As they emerge from an incubator or garage, they need more space — but not too much, since they're trying to focus more pennies of every dollar on...
View ArticleOsiris Therapeutics' stock falters amid executive shakeup, federal investigation
It has been a rocky few months for Osiris Therapeutics Inc.: Two new CEOs since February, queries into its accounting practices by federal regulators and a warning from the Nasdaq Stock Market over the...
View ArticleTheranos competitor looks to expand test centers in Safeway stores
Quest Diagnostics Inc. — one of the medical lab testing players threatened by upstart blood-testing company Theranos Inc. — will open a dozen testing sites in Safeway supermarkets in California and...
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