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...

Integer Holdings Corp. acquires assets from Pennsylvania manufacturer

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/7 11:00A David Ajamy

Integer Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITGR), a medical device outsource manufacturer headquartered in Plano, announced Monday that it has acquired assets from US BioDesign.  Founded in 2011, the Quakertown, Pennsylvania company is a manufacturer of...

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...

Why prescription drugs cost so much more in America

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/20 2:25A Hannah Kuchler

The sky-high price of many drugs — and the increasing contribution expected even from insured patients — is a potent subject ahead of the 2020 election.

Her biotech company is blasting industry standards for ear self-care

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/19 2:57A Rob Schneider

Elyse Stoltz Dickerson, who is the CEO and co-founder of Fort Worth-based biotechnology firm Eosera Inc., has spent the past four years developing a suite of ear health related products (with products like EarWax MD and Wax Blaster MD, which the...

California-based executive recruitment company expands to North Texas

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/18 9:47A Rebecca Ayers

Irvine, California-based McDermott + Bull has expanded its offices to Dallas and San Francisco as part of a growth effort across the U.S. and internationally.  The executive search company has hired Jeff Katon as managing director in Dallas to...