PENNINGTON GAP, Va. — On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of Higher Ground Women’s Recovery Residence. Author Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility in January with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid crisis….
Stacey Knoll thought the court summons she received was a scam. She didn’t remember getting any medical bills from Montrose Regional Health, a nonprofit hospital, after a 2020 emergency room visit. So she was shocked when, three years after the trip to the hospital, her employer received court orders requiring it to start funneling a…
Hackensack Meridian Health launched a clinical trial with Israeli startup SpotitEarly, which is developing a cancer test that combines AI with trained dogs to analyze patients’ breath. The study aims to validate this noninvasive approach alongside traditional screenings, potentially enabling earlier and more accessible cancer detection. The post Hackensack Meridian Health Launches Trial of Canine-Powered…
Visana Health’s Series A round was led by Noro-Moseley Partners and included participation from The Cigna Group Ventures, Intermountain Ventures, Flare Capital Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures. The post Visana Health Secures $24M for Women’s Health Clinic appeared first on MedCity News.
Novartis drug Rhapsido is now approved as a second-line treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria, a rare inflammatory skin disease. Additional clinical trials are ongoing to support potential expansion of the twice-daily pill to other immunological disorders. The post Novartis Nabs FDA Approval for First-of-Its-Kind Drug for Chronic Hives appeared first on MedCity News.
Honoring Tom Racobaldo: Crothall CEO to Retire After Decades of Leadership In 1979, Tom Racobaldo refinished hospital floors and cleaned patient rooms as a Crothall management trainee. Six months later, he received his first assignment: managing a 50-bed hospital with 10 employees in northeast Philadelphia. Forty-six years later, Racobaldo will retire as Crothall’s chief executive officer. Well-known for his humility, Racobaldo will complete nearly a half-century in the business at the top…
To celebrate Tom Racobaldo’s upcoming retirement, Compass One Healthcare leaders who have worked closely with Tom over the years were asked to describe his impact on operations, culture and their lives. Their responses show the gratitude, respect and admiration each person has for Tom: Bobby Kutteh, CEO, Compass One Healthcare Tom has been the complete leader for our organization. His capability, steadiness, and character are unmatched. He’s a great business leader who always achieved outstanding results, but he did it by…
Through new diagnostic methods, integrated approaches and innovative management solutions, patients no longer have to live with discomfort. Here are three major ways the GI field is evolving to better care for patients today. The post Thinking with Our Gut: How the Management of GI Conditions is Evolving appeared first on MedCity News.
Despite all the noise around the updates, there’s one area that’s been conspicuously absent this year: enforcement of patient estimate requirements. The post Price Transparency Enforcement Is Still A Shared Responsibility appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] At INVEST Digital Health 2025, David Snow, Executive Director of Pegasus Park, discussed building a life science innovation hub and why life science startups at the North Texas campus are more likely to survive, scale, and exit. The post The Burgeoning Life Science Ecosystem of North Texas, Anchored by Pegasus Park appeared first on…