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Biz Journal's 2016 Health Care Heroes
The health care industry is one of Jacksonville’s largest business sectors, with physicians, educators, researchers and more impacting our lives and economy. Across a range of industries and...
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Immune Design raises $30M, hires chief medical officer to develop drug pipeline
Seattle biotech company Immune Design has raised $30 million in funding and filled a key executive position. Immune design (Nasdaq: IMDZ) in September raised $30.3 million in public equity and a month...
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Inside St. Luke's Hospital's tax statement
The formal name of the St. Luke's Hospital organization is St. Luke's Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals.
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Drug co. payments to docs raise ethical concerns — they also drive innovation
Last year, 100 Oregon doctors received $9 million from drug manufacturers and medical device makers. This information comes courtesy of the Sunshine Act, a component of the Affordable Care Act that...
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Woman of Influence Lisa Brandenburg: 'We can’t solve this only with women...
As president of Seattle Children’s Hospital, Lisa Brandenburg oversaw improvements across the board that garnered national acclaim. Seattle Children’s was tabbed a top five children’s hospital by U.S....
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Chinese stem cell company executives take control of Cesca
Executives backed by a Chinese life sciences company have taken control of Cesca Therapeutics Inc., the Rancho Cordova medical equipment and regenerative health company. In January, the Chinese group...
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Sacramento shortlisted for 1,500 jobs from managed health care company (Update)
Managed health care company Centene Corp received a $7 million state tax credit on Thursday in return for bringing over 1,500 jobs to Sacramento. The deal is not done, however, as the Fortune 500...
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Greater use and lower uncompensated care boost Oregon hospital profits...
On the whole, Oregon’s 60 community hospitals have enjoyed steady financial growth over the last five years with net patient revenue reaching a record $10.6 billion and average operating margin rising...
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Providence hospital CEO says focus is on reliability and population health
Of the state’s three biggest hospitals, two of them fall under the umbrella of Providence Health & Services. That’s a new development this year, thanks to a 13 percent increase in net patient...
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State Medicaid costs continue skyrocketing
Medicaid costs are consuming an ever-larger piece of Wisconsin’s budget. While other major segments of state expenditures either rose minimally or declined in the past year, Medicaid costs climbed 7.2...
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Major insurer adds Publix pharmacies to network
If you’re an Aetna HealthCare member, it’s possible that you’ll soon be able to combine Publix grocery trips with pharmacy runs. Connecticut-based Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced that it has added more...
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EXCLUSIVE: Cincinnati hospital first in Ohio to invest in new medical device
Mercy Health’s Jewish Hospital is the first in Ohio to begin using the new Airo brand of mobile CT scanner, which helps doctors operate on patients having complex spine surgery or neurosurgery. The...
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Greater Cincinnati hospital hires Toyota executive to run foundation
Carri Chandler, external affairs manager for Toyota’s North American engineering and manufacturing headquarters in Northern Kentucky, has been hired by St. Elizabeth Healthcare to run its foundation....
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Durham stent-maker raises $25M
A Durham-based stent-maker has raised about $25.8 million of a $30 million equity and debt offering. According to a document Micell Technologies Inc. filed with the SEC on Friday, the date of first...
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Cerner expands telemedicine offerings with new partnership
Cerner Corp. will expand its electronic health record's capabilities thanks to an agreement with the American Well Corp., a Boston-based telehealth company. The collaboration will allow providers to...
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Biotech startup gets multimillion-dollar grant to treat bone cancer at new...
Molecular Templates Inc., fresh off a move to an expanded lab, has landed a $15.2 million grant to further its pipeline of cancer-fighting drugs. The award for the Austin biotechnology company was part...
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Why is Elizabeth Holmes still leading Theranos?
It's worth asking why Elizabeth Holmes is still leading the embattled blood testing company Theranos Inc. But there may be a good reason why she still is in charge, one that has little to do with the...
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Delta Dental of Colorado hires replacement for longtime CEO
Delta Dental of Colorado has hired an insurance-industry veteran to head the dental insurer when longtime leader Kate Paul retires in January. Helen Drexler, who will begin her tenure as president and...
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Kaiser research arm director to retire
Mary Durham is retiring from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland after more than two decades at the helm. Durham took over as director of the center in 1995 from Rep. Mitch...
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MultiCare plans to acquire Spokane health system
MultiCare Health System plans to purchase the assets of Rockwood Health System in Spokane from subsidiaries of a Tennessee-based health system. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed....
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