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Portland medical groups pursuing 'benefit company' status say it's not to...
Two Portland medical groups that collectively employ more than 1,500 physicians have taken steps to reorganize their businesses in a way that could help them avoid a tax increase, should Oregon voters...
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AcelRX Pharmaceuticals hopes to change pain relief in medical settings
Before she started AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, before she conducted basic research around pain transmission at UCSF and before she was a medical director at the UCSF’s Pain Management Center, Dr. Pamela...
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A Supernus drug candidate with a $2.5B market just got some great news
Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday it expects a version of its drug to treat ADHD in children to start phase 3 clinical trials next year after mid-stage trials showed positive results....
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How to pick a health insurance plan (or make the most of the one you have)
You may or may not have a choice regarding your health insurance plan, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be well-informed about the choices you do have when it comes to one of the most important...
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Major Theranos investor sues, accusing it of 'series of lies'
SILICON VALLEY — A San Francisco hedge fund has reportedly sued Theranos, accusing it of lying to get a $100 million investment. The Wall Street Journal cited a fund document and unnamed sources who...
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Nine questions with the outgoing director of Health Care For All
Amy Whitcomb Slemmer will said goodbye to Boston-based health care advocacy group Health Care For All on Saturday after eight years with the organization, with plans to finish the ordination process of...
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Circuit Clinical exec on choosing Buffalo over Denver
Denver is home to significant clusters of medical device, pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies. So it made perfect sense that Circuit Clinical (formerly called Empirican) was planning to move to...
View ArticleRetailers join the fight against Boston Children's $1 billion expansion
Two retail groups have filed objections with the state over the planned $1 billion expansion at Children’s Hospital, saying they are concerned the project would mean higher premiums for small...
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Premera and Providence sign a less expansive three-year contract
Premera Blue Cross and Providence St. Joseph Health are officially staying in business together, but on a smaller scale. In July, negotiations between the health insurer and hospital system ended...
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Vioguard is raising $5 million for its self-sanitizing keyboard
Vioguard has initiated $5 million in equity and debt financing to scale up production of self-sanitizing keyboards and other products just in time for flu season. Bothell-based Vioguard is owned by two...
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OHSU study highlights perils for rural trauma patients
When it comes to high risk trauma, rural patients face larger barriers to accessing care than their urban counterparts, according to a new study from the Oregon Health & Science University. The...
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Two O.C. companies accused of illegally selling fetal tissue for profit
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has filed a lawsuit accusing two Yorba Linda-based companies and their three owners of illegally selling fetal tissue and stem cells for profit. The...
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Washington University researcher receives $8 million grant from Gates Foundation
The Washington University School of Medicine has received a two-year $8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study a treatment for a tropical disease that can lead to...
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High-flying KPI Therapeutics exec chose industry over academia early in her...
A family vacation Chelsea Olsen took with her family to Minnesota when she was 14 ended up setting her down a path for life. During the trip, her chemist uncle took her on a tour of his lab, opening...
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Phoenix orthopedic surgeon leads investors to develop $25M project
Dr. David Ott and his band of investors are opening their second skilled nursing facility in the Valley. Ott, who also led a group of doctors to develop Oasis Hospital and Gateway Surgery Center, is...
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TriHealth hires executive from rival Mercy Health
TriHealth has hired Jamahal Boyd Sr. as director of diversity, inclusion and language services for the hospital system, which is the fourth-largest employer in Greater Cincinnati. He previously worked...
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Global Medical REIT acquires nearly $31 million in new buildings
Bethesda-based Global Medical REIT, a health care facilities real estate investment trust, has acquired $30.9 million in properties — its largest spending spree since going public in July, officials...
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Treating opioid abuse ‘like epidemic it is’
Alexander Hoffman entered his first rehab when he was 13. His struggles growing up in New Jersey began with alcohol and marijuana. By the time he was 17, Hoffman had started abusing painkillers. A year...
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Cover Story: Telemedicine: Restructuring the way health care is delivered
Margaret Grismer understands recruiting big-city medical specialists to rural America is a tough, if not impossible sell. Towns the size of Kiowa, where Grismer is the CEO of Kiowa District Healthcare,...
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Assisted Living Residences
Check out the largest Assisted Living Residences in the Triangle. Rank Business name/ Licensed residential capacity Services offered Administrator 1 Elmcroft of Northridge, 421 Van Thomas Dr., Raleigh,...
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