Acadia Healthcare expands in North Carolina to meet intense demand
The behavioral health company has bought facilities in Raleigh and elsewhere in North Carolina as executives say the opioid crisis is driving demand for treatment. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Zac Ezzone Source Type: news

Orlando Health debuts new institute to bring specialty service downtown
Here's what the system has planned for the new institute. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ryan Lynch Source Type: news

After Hours: Business Journal's Healthcare Leadership Forum
During the breakfast event, some of the area's top health care executives discussed major issues in their industry. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tia Gemmell Source Type: news

Hundreds of jobs are open in rehab hospitals. Staff say higher pay is needed to fill them
About 21% of post-acute care beds are offline because there isn't enough staff, according to a new survey from the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news

Wide stock swings follow Fractyl's first earnings report after IPO
The first Massachusetts company to go public in 2024 had a roller coaster morning of pre-market trading after releasing a trial update and its 2023 finances. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news

Study: RI hospitals at financial disadvantage compared to CT and MA
Hospitals in Rhode Island contend with lower reimbursements rates than their peers in Massachusetts and Connecticut, the report found. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mary Serreze Source Type: news

Legacy, Regence agree on contract
The two sides had faced a deadline today to continue care for some 200,000 patients. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andy Giegerich Source Type: news

UnitedHealthcare, UNC Health reach agreement on eve of contract expiring
Days before the end of an existing contract, UNC Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a new long-term deal. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Zac Ezzone Source Type: news

Cingulate CEO talks about the pharmaceutical company's road ahead after tough 2023
CEO Shane Schaffer says a ripple from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank set in motion a tough financial year for his Kansas City, Kansas, company. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Grace Mayer Source Type: news

Tampa VR startup lands $17K grant project with the University of Michigan
The grant shows Immertec's expanding interest in working in the educational space. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephen Pastis Source Type: news

Groundbreaking gene therapy offers ‘glimmer of hope’ for children with rare diseases
Within the first few weeks after Lori and Lee Greenwood ’s daughter Noa was born, her parents knew that something was wrong. A lot of different things, actually. The infant cried inconsolably. She wouldn’t follow her parents with her eyes, leading to concerns about her vision. She struggled to gain weight and missed milestone after milestone. She was slow to even respond to her parents’ presence. After weeks and months of having doctors dismiss it as the normal fits and fuss of a newborn, the… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: UMass Chan Medical School Source Type: news

5 health care construction trends shaping Houston ’s future
In the fourth-most populous city in the country, Houston has 4.8 million patients visit the area for care every year. It is no surprise there is a steady stream of health care construction in the area as Houston is known for its world-class health care, houses the largest medical complex in the world, and boasts a jaw-dropping 85 hospitals and more than 19,000 beds. For Houston to continue to lead the way in medical innovations, it works to build and provide patients with state-of-the-art health … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dennis Yung Source Type: news

Atrium Health and YMCA of Greater Charlotte bring new health care option to West Charlotte
Atrium Health, in partnership with the YMCA of Greater Charlotte, is bringing convenient access to health care to the West Boulevard corridor of Charlotte at the new Ed Brown Community Center. On March 15, 2024, a ribbon-cutting was held for the new medical building, located on the campus of the Stratford Richardson YMCA. The Atrium Health Community Care Primary Care West Boulevard Family Medicine clinic, housed inside the Ed Brown Community Center at 1940 West Blvd., in Charlotte, North Carolina, … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news

Take ownership of your health for a successful joint replacement
Todd Wicker, a 60-year-old senior sales manager, is always on the go. Through his work, he ’s traveled to 28 countries around the world. So he spends a lot of time in airports and airplanes. As an avid fan of the University of South Carolina athletics, he loves going to basketball, baseball and football games. Twelve years ago, arthritis in his right knee started bothering him. Multipl e orthopedic doctors told him he was too young to have a knee replacement and needed to lose weight. Even when… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news

Young at heart: Why an 82-year-old patient goes to the children ’s hospital for expert care
Alma ( “Jean”) Hager has experienced a lot in her 82 years, but she gets to feel like a kid again when she walks through the doors of Atrium Health Levine Children’s to receive care for congenital heart disease. Hager has a congenital heart defect (CHD), a structural abnormality of the heart that ex ists from birth. She has had a history of heart valve replacements and she’s a patient of the adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) program at Atrium Health Levine Children’s, where specialized… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news