?States are making progress on opioids. Now the money that’s helping them may dry up

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/16 11:53P Abby Goodnough

Bryan Garner was homeless and injecting as much fentanyl as he could get his hands on when he found the Missouri Network Outreach Center, a community center in an old brick rowhouse in St. Louis that connects people to addiction treatment.

?Judge blocks Trump rule requiring drug companies to list prices in TV ads

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/8 10:52P Katie Thomas and Katie Rogers

The judge ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services exceeded its regulatory authority by seeking to require all drugmakers to include in their television commercials the list price of any drug that costs more than $35 a month. The...

Everything is bigger in Texas — and now so is HCA

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/5 4:49A Joel Stinnett

Sam Hazen said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call that he saw future opportunities for HCA Healthcare Inc. to make “sizable acquisitions.” On Monday, the company made a Texas-sized buy. HCA has bought 24 MedSpring urgent care centers...

New pharmacy aims for equitable care in Dallas

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/5 2:14A Rebecca Ayers

Prism Health North Texas and Ohio-based Equitas Health plan to jointly open a new pharmacy in Dallas in October. The partnership centers around using an integrated patient care model in which the patient can receive medical care and prescription...

DCCCD receives $12M federal grant to expand apprenticeship program

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/26 3:50A Rebecca Ayers

Dallas County Community College District was awarded a $12 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to advance apprenticeships in health care, U.S. Texas Senator John Cornyn announced Tuesday. DCCCD already has 28 apprenticeships...

?A new Trump order may make more health care prices public

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/24 12:12P Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-K

The White House will release an executive order on Monday, June 24, 2019, intended to require insurance companies, doctors and hospitals to give patients more information about precisely what their care will cost before they get it.

Health care affordability is the top spending concern for Texans — even if they're insured

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/21 9:27A Chris Mathews

If Texas wants to fix the problem, employers will need to band together and collectively bargain for changes, according to an expert at the intersection of health care and business.

Access to limited drug distribution pharmacy networks helped fuel healthcare firm's growth in 2018

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/21 8:43A Rob Schneider

Three-year revenue growth (2016-18): 83.2% 2018 revenue: $258.1 million 2017 revenue: $182.8 million 2016 revenue: $140.9 million This McKinney-based healthcare firm provides specialty pharmacy/infusion services in homes or alternate-care sites....

Healthcare company's first two acquisitions helped revenue surge to $122 million in 2018

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/21 8:43A Rob Schneider

Three-year revenue growth (2016-18): 210.7% 2018 revenue: $122 million 2017 revenue: $65 million 2016 revenue: $39.3 million This Dallas-based health care company provides management and application services and automation tools to health care...

Fast-growing Dallas health care firm opens first out-of-state facility

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/20 7:20P Rob Schneider

The company, a leading specialty infusion provider, has been on the Middle Market 50 every year.

Plano behavioral health provider focused on long-term recovery for nearly 14,000 patients

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/20 6:34P Rob Schneider

The company expanded its services to include special military programming, substance-use disorder treatments and adolescent care in Texas and Louisiana.

Talent pool could tip scales Fort Worth’s way in chase for health care HQ, 1,150 jobs

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/17 3:38A Bill Hethcock

Fort Worth’s position as a finalist for Quantum Health Inc.’s headquarters shows the city has the talent and other attributes that major health care companies need, according to a top chamber official.

Groundwork is laid for opioids settlement that would touch every corner of U.S.

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/17 1:39A Jan Hoffman

Every city, town and county in the United States could receive a payout in a settlement with the largest makers, distributors and retailers of prescription opioids, if a judge approves an innovative proposal made Friday in an Ohio federal court...

Fort Worth a finalist for health care HQ, nearly 1,200 jobs

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/13 7:15A Carrie Ghose

A company currently headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is on the verge of moving 800 jobs and expects growth of 350 more positions.

Digital health breakthrough as US insurers agree to pay for insomnia app

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/11 11:09A By Sarah Neville, Global Pharmac

Big Health deal with CVS Health means digital treatment can be paid for in the same way as sleeping pills.