Second pediatric health care system announces new location in Prosper

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/25 7:18A Claire Ballor

Cook Children’s Health Care System is expanding into Prosper by bringing a new pediatric hospital to the area. The hospital will be located on 23 acres at the intersection of Windsong Parkway and Highway 380, according to a release from the...

Children's Health buys 72 acres next to new PGA headquarters

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/25 1:00A Claire Ballor

The site, which is located at the the intersection of Dallas North Tollway and Highway 380, was purchased from Matthews Southwest.

Dallas to vote on requiring employers to offer paid sick leave

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/25 12:53A

No one likes being sick. But Candice Oglesby will tell you, she simply can't afford to get sick. "Just being out one day, can set me back on a bill two months," Oglesby said. The mother of two works full-time as grocery store florist in Oak Cliff...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas removes 14 DFW hospital emergency rooms from network

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/24 9:57A Jake Harris

Customers who have health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas could face skyrocketing bills if they use certain hospital emergency rooms that are no longer in network after negotiations failed between BCBS and the emergency room...

?Social Security and Medicare funds face insolvency, report finds

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/22 11:05P Alan Rappeport

The financial outlook for Medicare and Social Security, two of the nation’s most important social safety net programs, remains precarious, threatening to diminish retirement payments and increase health care costs for Americans in old age, the...

?‘Medicare for all’ could cost hospitals billions of dollars

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/22 9:44A Reed Abelson

Private insurance pays hospitals much more than the federal government does for patient care. If Medicare for all means Medicare rates, expect an industry backlash.

Medical marijuana expansion advances in Texas

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/22 3:55A Kimberly Reeves

A record 63 marijuana-related bills were filed at the Texas Capitol this session. Only one tied to medical marijuana has made much progress, but it's got wide-ranging and bipartisan support.

Methodist Health System CEO accelerates retirement, interim named

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/18 9:13A Bill Hethcock

Methodist Health System President and CEO Stephen L. Mansfield, who has led the organization since 2006, will retire on Tuesday.

Foreman Therapy Services: finalist

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/17 4:25A The Business Journals Content St

Foreman Therapy Services is a finalist for the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest in partnership with BBVA Compass. For more information on the contest, click here. Company description: Foreman Therapy Services (FTS) is a healthcare staffing...

Center for Psychological Services: finalist

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/17 4:25A The Business Journals Content St

Center for Psychological Services is a finalist for the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest in partnership with BBVA Compass. For more information on the contest, click here. Company description: CFPS is a multidisciplinary behavioral health care...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas to open 10 medical centers

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/11 3:18A Anne Stych

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas will partner with multinational health company Sanitas USA to open 10 primary-care medical centers in Dallas and Houston.  Construction will begin in spring 2019, and the medical centers will be open for...

Texas Neurology signs on for space near Mockingbird Station

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/10 10:00A Anne Stych

Texas Neurology, a diagnostic patient care practice for patients with neurological disorders, has signed a 15-year lease for more than 40,000 square feet on the first floor of 6080 NCX, a four-story office building in Dallas.  Mike Gosslee,...

Center for Psychological Services: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/10 3:39A The Business Journals Content St

Company description: CFPS is a multidisciplinary behavioral health care practice focusing on families and children in North Texas communities. CFPS offers psychological assessments and direct treatment services, consultation to individuals,...

Foreman Therapy Services: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/10 3:39A The Business Journals Content St

Company description: Foreman Therapy Services (FTS) is a healthcare staffing company providing physical, occupational and speech therapists to home health agencies across the country.   Our mission statement is to change the culture of the home...

Texas Lawbook: Jury delivers verdict in Forest Park bribery and kickbacks trial

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/9 1:20P Bruce Tomaso and Natalie Posgate

A jury in the Forest Park Medical Center bribery and kickbacks trial returned its verdict late Tuesday, The Texas Lawbook reports.