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University of Texas mourns passing of world-renowned heart surgeon
Dr. Denton Cooley, renowned surgeon and founder of the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, died on Nov. 18 at age 96. Cooley founded the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Hospital — now CHI St. Luke’s...
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Busiest Hospital Emergency Rooms
Rank Business name / Prior rank Patient visits in 2015 Percent change Emergency department beds Emergency department units Emergency department administrator Top hospital official(s), email if...
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Birmingham senior living company acquires Trussville facility
Birmingham-based developer Atlas Senior Living has acquired Sunrise Ridge Assisted Living in Trussville, the company announced Monday. Sunrise Ridge will be the fifth addition to Atlas, which currently...
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Fundraiser with George W. Bush nets $200,000 for Medical College of Wisconsin
Former President George W. Bush slipped into downtown Milwaukee for a Medical College of Wisconsin fundraiser under strict orders for no publicity. The 600 guests of the event at The Pfister Hotel’s...
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Mylan won't testify at Senate hearing on EpiPen pricing
Mylan NV won't be testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Nov. 30 over pricing of the EpiPen anti-allergy medication. Mylan's lawyers, Latham & Watkins LLP, informed the committee in a...
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OhioHealth racing Mount Carmel to open Hilliard freestanding ER in Mill Run
OhioHealth Corp. and Mount Carmel Health System are in a race to open Hilliard's first freestanding emergency department by the end of 2017. OhioHealth demolished a former Saturn dealership at 3880...
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BJC plans replacement hospital in Creve Coeur
BJC HealthCare has plans to expand its West County campus in Creve Coeur, including a new six-story hospital. Also included in the plans are four four-to-five story medical office buildings, building...
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Former KSDK meteorologist Mike Roberts lands new job
Former long-time KSDK meteorologist Mike Roberts is taking on a new role at a local home care provider. Roberts has been named the director of client services for Home Care Assistance of St. Louis. “I...
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Money in Medicine: The top 30 drugs associated with pharma industry payments...
The top 30 drugs associated with pharmaceutical industry payments to doctors are, for the most part, not household names. The top three — Bydureon, Invokana and Toujeo — are prescribed for diabetes,...
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The warm and fuzzy way Portland hospitals comfort cancer patients
So often, health care reporting is driven by the numbers — hospital margins, health insurance rates, Coordinated Care Organization metrics, enrollment counts, major fundraising milestones and so on....
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Pinnacol cutting insurance rates, planning to issue dividend
Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers-compensation insurer, will cut premiums by an average of 3.2 percent in 2017 and likely will issue a $50 million dividend for policy holders, the company...
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The Pitch: Boogio smart shoes help companies get on their feet
Reflx Labs developed Boogio smart shoe technology as a prototype for companies developing applications in virtual reality, health, fitness and sports. The smart shoes capture and analyze data about...
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Table of Experts: Eldercare
The Pittsburgh Business Times Table of Experts addressed issues related to eldercare and caring for seniors after acute care hospital visits during a panel discussion held Nov. 9. Participants were...
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Money in Medicine: Brian Druker on why he gets money from Gilead, not Gleevec
Dr. Brian Druker’s name is practically synonymous with Gleevec, which is about as close as you can get to a miracle drug. Yet Druker has never directly benefited from Gleevec, which has greatly...
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Cash-strapped Adeptus Health raises $27.5 million
Adeptus Health, the largest operator of freestanding emergency rooms in the country, has raised $27.5 million in equity investments, according to a regulatory filing this week. The Lewisville company...
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Cerner's policy director reads 'tea leaves' of Trump administration
Despite the uncertainty surrounding health care policy under a Trump administration, Cerner Corp. Policy Director Meg Marshall said IT would continue to carry a key role in health care. "We've still...
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Major hospital network to lay off workers in Austin, Smithville
Seton Healthcare Family plans to lay off 129 employees as it sheds some of its billing operations. The layoffs will occur between Jan. 9-22 at the Medical Park Tower building, next to Seton Medical...
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OHA's Saxton on why she's not panicking about possible Trump cuts
Even before the election, the Oregon Health Authority faced a $1 billion budget hole in the next biennium and a decrease in federal support for Medicaid. Add to that an incoming administration and...
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Moda gets modicum of 'risk corridor' relief
Moda Health Plan, which was owed $88.4 million under the federal government’s “risk corridors” program last year, will receive $2.9 million, according to information released Friday from the U.S....
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Des Peres nurses vote to exit union
Nurses at Des Peres Hospital have voted to end their relationship with the National Nurses United union. The registered nurses voted 67-52 Thursday to remove the union as their collective bargaining...
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