Longer shifts linked to increased stroke risk

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/23 9:57A Caitlin Mullen

Putting in more time at work might benefit your career but could leave you at greater risk of a stroke. A study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke determined long working hours — classified as more than 10 hours daily at...

Drug companies head off opioid trial with $260m settlement

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/21 8:07A Hannah Kuchler in New York

Teva Pharmaceuticals and three distributors of opioid painkillers reached a settlement with two U.S. counties over their alleged role in the opioid addiction crisis on Monday, just moments before the start of what would have been a bellwether trial.

Tenet Healthcare names CEOs in Memphis, Detroit

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/21 5:48A Jason Bolton

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, the parent company of Saint Francis Hospital, announced last week that Sally Deitch will be chief executive over the Memphis market and Saint Francis’ hospitals. In addition, Deitch will oversee Tenet’s Mid-South...

How this Frisco company is changing health care with part-time doctors

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/18 7:33A Kevin Cummings

Mohammad Badar knew he wanted to be involved, like his physician father, in the health care industry. But as he completed his bachelor’s in biology at UT-Dallas, he began to get into coding, which eventually led him to pursue a master’s in...

With decade of defiance, vaping industry found room to grow

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/13 11:39P Katie Thomas and Sheila Kaplan

In 2009, not long after Dr. Margaret Hamburg became commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, a package arrived at her home. Inside was a clunky device called an e-cigarette.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas partnership to begin opening medical centers

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/10 2:52A Chris Mathews

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) — the largest insurance provider in the state — and Sanitas USA will soon open four new medical centers in the Dallas region as part of a partnership. Sanitas and BCBSTX announced plans to open 10...

How lean management can revolutionize health care

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/6 8:00P J. Michael Rona

Miraculous things happen in medicine in the United States every day, but health care remains a key issue for Americans because it can often be expensive, hard to access, and frequently unsafe with highly variable quality and patient and staff...

Sam's Club pilots health care discount bundles for members

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/3 12:43A Anne Stych

Sam’s Club members will soon be able to purchase bundles that provide discounts on healthcare services including primary care and pharmaceuticals. The Care Accelerator is designed to lower costs, especially for “our members who shoulder a higher...

Employer health insurance is increasingly unaffordable, study finds

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/26 2:57A

Employers remain the main source of health insurance in the United States, covering about 153 million people, but premiums and deductibles are pushing employer-based coverage increasingly out of reach.

Newly-formed hospice company secures $21M in funding, acquires 3 hospice companies

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/26 2:55A Rebecca Ayers

Dallas-based Three Oaks Hospice has acquired three hospice companies and has secured funding.  Three Oaks Hospice, which was founded in May, acquired Total Hospice & Palliative Care, ABS Palliative and Hospice Care and Fellowship Hospice,...

This health care development CEO has created an environment where it’s OK to occasionally fail

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/25 4:32P Rob Schneider

Jason L. Signor, CEO of Caddis Healthcare has grown his company into one of the top health care developers in the United States. Its current portfolio consists of 71 properties in 12 states and over 4 million square feet worth over $1 billion.

New HQ just part of CEO’s transformation of country’s largest-for-profit health care company

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/25 4:15P Rob Schneider

Tenet Healthcare CEO and Chairman Ron Rittenmeyer replaced a big portion of executives and board of directors and the company has improved its overall financial performance as well. He said the changes have set a new tone for quality of the...

Fort Worth-based company moves to facility double its previous size

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/24 6:05A Rebecca Ayers

Biotech company Eosera Inc. will move to a bigger facility in Fort Worth that is twice the size of their previous location and add two new products for its growing ear care line.  Eosera Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Elyse Dickerson said...

This Dallas CEO wants more women in leadership positions. Here's why

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/23 8:46A Rob Schneider

Jim Hinton, CEO of Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, is focused on adding more gender diversity to the executive leadership team for the non-profit because health care is a female-dominated industry.

Keeping a watchful eye on self-funded health plan billing could save your company money

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/23 1:23A Francis Orejudos and William H.

While self-funded benefit plans can allow an employer to save significantly on employee health care benefit costs, there are many risks involved with managing these plans that can cause financial strain. Cost containment continues to be a...