OnShift Inc. secures $3 million in financing to bolster its sales and marketing efforts
The company is a provider of staff scheduling and shift management software for the health care field.
February 2, 2012, 11:00 am
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EARNINGS
Invacare Corp. reports large fourth-quarter loss vs. year-ago profit
The loss included significant asset writedowns and a charge related to restructuring its operations.
February 2, 2012, 8:46 am
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Cleveland Clinic names Euclid Hospital head as president of Marymount Hospital
Joanne Zeroske has more than 30 years of experience as a nurse with the Clinic.
January 31, 2012, 3:13 pm
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Venture capital investments in Midwest health care companies rose in 2011 vs. 2010
However, investments in the region still were down from their pre-recession peak in 2007.
January 31, 2012, 4:30 am
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Medical biller gets paid by making 'em pay
Brecksville-based MedData Inc. has gotten people, insurance companies and government programs to pay doctors for their efforts.
January 30, 2012, 4:30 am
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MetroHealth posts $2.7 million loss in 2011 but sees better times ahead
Improving patient volumes and the Cuyahoga County-subsidized system's ability to hold the line on expenses bode well for 2012, hospital officials say.
January 26, 2012, 8:36 am
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SPR Therapeutics closes $2.2 million investment round
It's working to win regulatory approval for a product designed to alleviate pain through neurostimulation.
January 23, 2012, 2:58 pm
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Hospitals seek Rx for bad debt
On top of exploding charity care rolls, Northeast Ohio hospitals are stomaching increased volumes of unpaid bills from their insured patients — the base that traditionally generates the bulk...
January 23, 2012, 4:30 am
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Austen BioInnovation Institute creates its first company
APTO Orthopaedics has developed a device to help children who need spinal implants because of deformities.
January 12, 2012, 3:11 pm
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Kasich administration plans to rebid Ohio's Medicaid managed care contracts
The goal is to reward those plans that have demonstrated past success in keeping patients healthy.
January 11, 2012, 2:22 pm
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MedData Inc. buys MedDirect Inc. of Grand Rapids, Mich.
The acquired company provides revenue cycle management services and personalized patient communications to health care organizations.
January 11, 2012, 10:20 am
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MetroHealth announces initial steps in search to replace exiting CEO Mark Moran
An email indicates the county-subsidized hospital is seeking out an executive search firm to facilitate the national search.
January 10, 2012, 8:53 am
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FitzGerald to put his stamp on MetroHealth
A changing of the guard is in store for the leadership at the hard-pressed, 175-year-old MetroHealth System, and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald is likely to have his fingerprints all over...
January 9, 2012, 4:30 am
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Ohio involves its Medicaid program in health care payment reform initiative
It's the Kasich administration's first step in an effort to introduce value and performance in the equation of how health care providers are paid for providing service.
January 9, 2012, 1:50 pm
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Cleveland Clinic spinoff raises $4 million from West Coast investors
But the degree to which Clear Catheter Systems Inc. may use the money to expand its small presence in Northeast Ohio is unclear.
January 5, 2012, 1:01 pm
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Invacare Corp. names senior VP of quality assurance and regulatory affairs
The hire comes in the wake of recent regulatory issues at its wheelchair plant in Elyria.
January 4, 2012, 11:44 am
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Clinic pursues new revenue by expanding lab operation
The Cleveland Clinic's new 135,000-square-foot building will house the Clinic’s Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute — the arm of the Clinic that conducts various forms of medical...
January 2, 2012, 4:30 am
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ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2012
Health care
Uncertainty has engulfed the health care field in Northeast Ohio and elsewhere as providers continue to endure intense financial pressures due to dwindling government reimbursements while coping...
January 2, 2012, 4:30 am
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Benjamin Rose Institute, SPRY Foundation forge alliance
They'll work jointly to support the needs of seniors.
December 30, 2011, 9:27 am
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MetroHealth long-term debt rating downgraded by Moody's
The health system's ratings outlook also was revised to negative from stable.
December 27, 2011, 4:30 am
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MetroHealth emergency room records its busiest year
The ER this weekend expects to treat its 100,000th patient of 2011, up from about 99,700 in 2010.
December 22, 2011, 12:03 pm
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University Hospitals' Ahuja Medical Center names new president
The change at the top comes less than a year after the new hospital's opening.
December 21, 2011, 11:23 am
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Lubrizol Corp., Akron's Austen BioInnovation Institute enter partnership
The goal is to speed the development and commercialization of new technologies.
December 21, 2011, 9:00 am
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Case Western Reserve researchers secure big grant for Crohn's disease study
They'll study immunity and its role in causing inflammatory bowel disease in hopes of developing a cure for the illness.
December 20, 2011, 10:05 am
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MetroHealth CEO Mark Moran to exit health system's top post
The announcement comes at the end of a year in which the county-subsidized hospital has faced criticism for its substantial payments to consultants and has made significant cuts to its operating...
December 16, 2011, 1:22 pm
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Austen BioInnovation Institute, FDA to develop methods for handling of biomaterials
They'll work together to address the safe use of biomaterials in medical devices.
December 15, 2011, 11:53 am
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Southwest General names manager of $128 million construction, renovation project
Albert M. Higley Co. of Cleveland will oversee the effort at the health system's Middleburg Heights campus.
December 14, 2011, 10:37 am
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Invacare Corp. to enter consent decree talks with Food and Drug Administration
The FDA wants the company to suspend certain operations at its wheelchair plant in Elyria.
December 8, 2011, 8:42 am
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St. John Medical Center names former Cleveland Clinic exec its CEO
William A. Young Jr. will succeed the retiring Cliff Coker.
December 7, 2011, 1:28 pm
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Case Western Reserve nursing school receives $2 million gift
The money will go to a program to train nursing students in caring for patients being transported by aircraft.
December 6, 2011, 1:36 pm
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Bioinnovation progress seen in invention uptick
A huge increase in invention disclosures is one of the early achievements of the Austen BioInnovation Institute, which was founded three years ago by the three hospital systems, the University of...
November 28, 2011, 4:30 am
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Case Western Reserve medical school receives $3.8 milion grant
It will use the money to investigate the link between sleep disorders and irregular heart rhythms.
November 23, 2011, 9:52 am
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Aromatherapy packets woo Clinic's Dr. Roizen, investors
Aeroscena LLC in July started selling a line of five Ascents-brand aromatherapy packets intended to help people sleep, focus, eat less, calm down or feel energized.
November 21, 2011, 4:30 am
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Biotech firm ChanRx closes round of financing
The money will be used to evaluate further its proprietary atrial fibrillation drug, vanoxerine.
November 21, 2011, 11:28 am
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Moody's raises Summa Health System's rating outlook to stable from negative
It cites the health system's improved operating performance and expanding presence.
November 21, 2011, 10:39 am
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Large gift to create Cleveland Clinic endowed chair for bladder cancer research
The combined $2 million gift is from Leonard Horvitz and Sam Miller.
November 17, 2011, 11:43 am
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EARNINGS
Athersys Inc. reports smaller third-quarter loss
The improvement in its bottom line came on higher revenue.
November 15, 2011, 9:04 am
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MetroHealth's building plan won't stop at one
MetroHealth CEO Mark Moran sees a planned $23 million health center in Middleburg Heights as a key component in the health system's quest to hang on to its market share and make inroads with new...
November 14, 2011, 4:30 am
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A.M. McGregor Group CEO elected chairman of int'l aging services association
R. Robertson Hilton will lead the group for two years.
November 14, 2011, 2:59 pm
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Athersys Inc. loses one partner, gains another
And the new partner could buy as much as $20 million of Athersys stock over the next two years.
November 14, 2011, 9:46 am
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