Novant Health sets opening date for $180M Ballantyne Medical Center (PHOTOS)
In addition to the typical health-care spaces found at a hospital, Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center will include walking trails, farmers' market space and other features aimed at honoring the site's history as Hall Family Farm. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Elise Franco Source Type: news

Work begins on new senior living facility in NW Wichita
Cedarhurst Senior Living recently opened its first Kansas community in Topeka. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Josh Witt Source Type: news

LifeBridge taps new president for Sinai Hospital, Grace Medical
Amy Shlossman will be charged with leading LifeBridge Health's Sinai Hospital as it continues a wave of expansion in North Baltimore. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Matt Hooke Source Type: news

Former CEO of Philadelphia biopharma firm pleads guilty to insider trading in NJ, faces up to 20 years in prison
Usama Malik was charged with securities fraud in connection with his time as CFO os a publicly traded New Jersey company. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: John George Source Type: news

Emerging entrepreneur spotlight: Dr. Lloyd and Shannon Finks of Z üpMed
Launched in 2019, Z üpMed started out with five employees and now has a dozen staffers. The medical practice’s name is a play on advice that came from Dr. Lloyd Finks’ aunt. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jason Bolton Source Type: news

Raleigh firm partners with Bon Secours Mercy Health on new surgery centers
A Raleigh company has landed a partnership with a major health system to develop more than two dozen surgery centers across multiple states. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Zac Ezzone Source Type: news

Medical marijuana expansion effort peters out at Texas Capitol
A bill that showed an inkling of promise earlier in the state legislative session now appears to be dead. It would have added chronic pain to the list of treatable ailments under the Texas Compassionate Use Program. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 29, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Sahar Chmais Source Type: news

GE HealthCare invests in augmented reality firm on 'X-ray vision' technology
MediView combines augmented reality with surgical navigation to enable surgeons to "see" inside a patient during procedures. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 29, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Mary Vanac Source Type: news

Closed health center's equipment going up for auction
Opti-Life closed just more than a year ago after opening in January 2018. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 29, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Kirk Seminoff Source Type: news

Spesana plans to raise $10M, hire 50 more employees by the end of the year
Though most users don ’t see it, there is a tribute built into Spesana’s digital platform, which reminds its staffers of their work’s importance. It reads, “Built with love, for those we’ve lost,” then lists the family members and friends of employees whose lives have been taken by cancer. “We’re just s o tired of adding names to that list,” said Carla Balch, Spesana’s CEO. Balch and co., however, are not tired of running the Memphis-based startup. Rather, they seem to be full… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 29, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: John Klyce Source Type: news

How Duke Energy, Bank of America and Atrium Health built leading programs to hire and retain veterans
Three Charlotte-based companies – Duke Energy, Bank of America and Atrium Health – scored high marks in Forbes' feature on America’s Best Employers for Veterans. Here's an inside look at each employer's program. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 28, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Laura Williams-Tracy Source Type: news

Teletherapy startup Joon eyes growth as 'growing crisis' hits young people
Teletherapy startup Joon Care is looking to rapidly expand. CEO Emily Pesce said Joon has 19 employees but could double or triple its headcount in the next year or two. She added that the company hopes to raise a Series A round before the end of the third quarter. "Joon was born when there was an observation that there was a growing crisis, as the surgeon general called it an epidemic, around deteriorating mental health among teens and young adults," Pesce said. "My dad would often say a good measure … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 27, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Rick Morgan Source Type: news

Wellstar, Northeast Georgia among growing number of health systems investing in startups
Leaders of the two Georgia funds say since they provide health care every day, they can best assess the potential value of new innovations, both for patients and bottom lines. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 26, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Rebecca Grapevine Source Type: news

This drug could help children with brain cancer. What's taken it so long?
Sometimes a drug requires multiple organizations and the right timing to make its way to patients. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 26, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news

Founder of multi-billion dollar drug developer Array BioPharma leads Boulder oncology startup in $54M financing round
The raise this week follows what he calls a "pivotal" development that will likely land one of its cancer treatments in clinical trials early next year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 26, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Analisa Romano Source Type: news