Small towns in need of urgent care clinics see Dallas private equity firm ride in

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/16 7:16A Jon Prior

The number of urgent care centers in the U.S. has grown in the past few years, but many rural areas have missed the boom. Enter this Dallas private equity firm.

Hospital company with Dallas ties files Chapter 11 with over $565M in debt

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/15 10:22P Brian Bandell

The company already plans to sell two hospitals. It has yet to be seen whether a Dallas location could be put up for purchase in the future.

Lost in health insurance maze, Dallas man launches company to help you navigate the system

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 9:51P Teresa Woodard

When Jack Hooper and his wife found out they were pregnant with twins, no one could tell them how much insurance would cover. After his frustrating experience, he launched a startup to help people make sense of a system that’s not easy to...

Hate the gym? You'll love the new exercise guidelines

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 1:53A Anne Stych

If schlepping to the gym three times a week seems like a whole lot of work, the U. S. government’s new exercise guidelines bring good news: It doesn’t matter where you exercise or for how long, it just matters that you keep on moving.  The...

JUUL pulls flavored e-cigs from shelves, shutters social media

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 1:34A Anne Stych

JUUL Labs is shutting down its social media accounts and removing non-tobacco, non-menthol flavors of its e-cigarettes from all of its 90,000-plus retail store partners in an effort to curb underage use of its products. Juul said it stopped...

When hospitals merge, patients often pay more

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 12:47A Reed Abelson

An analysis conducted for The New York Times shows that mergers have essentially banished competition and raised prices for hospital admissions in most cases, according to an examination of 25 metropolitan areas with the highest rate of...

New cholesterol guidelines emphasize lifestyle

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/12 1:39A Anne Stych

New guidelines for treating high cholesterol and preventing heart attacks call for closer collaboration between doctors and their patients and an increased emphasis on living a healthy lifestyle. The guidelines, issued by a working group of...

Is North Texas quietly gaining another Fortune 500 headquarters from California?

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/10 7:23A Mark Calvey

San Francisco quietly lost the headquarters of Core-Mark Holding Co., which disclosed on an earnings call that it's moving its headquarters to Dallas-Fort Worth next year. Will this health care company follow?

Why genes have little to do with longevity

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/9 2:12A Anne Stych

Just because your grandparents lived into their 90s, that doesn't mean you'll live an equally long life.  It turns out that genes have a lot less to do with lifespan than you might think. Research conducted by Calico Life Sciences and published...

Intestinal upset? Gluten's not necessarily the culprit

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/8 12:58A Anne Stych

If you're suffering from intestinal upset, you might be tempted to eliminate gluten from your diet. Many people follow gluten-free diets not because they have celiac disease, an autoimmune condition triggered by sensitivity to the grain...

The high price of premature births

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/6 1:52A Caitlin Mullen

As the country’s preterm birth rate rises again, health professionals and organizations say they’re taking steps to address issues like inequitable access to prenatal care. The March of Dimes premature birth report card notes the rate of...

'Alarming’ number of people save, share antibiotics

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/5 2:21A Caitlin Mullen

If you have unused antibiotics sitting in your medicine cabinet, you’re not alone. A study by the American Academy of Pediatrics has found an “alarming” number of parents save leftover antibiotics and give them to others. It’s concerning to...

Four in 10 say they'll go to work sick with the flu

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/2 12:39A Anne Stych

Hopefully you’ve already gotten your flu shot, because if you work with colleagues or attend holiday parties, you’re going to need the protection.  Nearly 40 percent of respondents to a recent Walgreens survey said they let a “fear of missing...

Out-of-network healthcare may result in an expensive surprise

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/31 6:00P Dr. Esteban López

Navigating the U.S. healthcare system is far more complicated than it should be, but knowing what care providers and health facilities are in-network with your health plan, and which are not,  can keep you from receiving a surprise bill – left...

Dallas firm is latest dealmaker in private equity takeover of hospice industry

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/30 5:31A Jon Prior

A private equity firm with offices in Dallas and Nashville is starting to build out a company that offers home rehabilitation and hospice stasy. The space has been teeming with mergers and acquisition deals this year led by private equity’s...