HEALTH CARE

Blue Cross leader in West Michigan retiring at yearend

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s long-time lead executive in West Michigan plans to retire at the end of 2024.  Jeff Connolly has overseen the...

WMed’s fellow and resident physicians vote to unionize

Fellow and resident physicians at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine hope to secure better working conditions and improved pay after...

Hospital charity care falls short of nonprofit tax breaks, study finds

By Caroline Hudson, Modern Healthcare The vast majority of nonprofit hospitals aren't providing a level of community support equal to the value of what they...

Behavioral health provider expands trauma, grief services with new $2.9M federal grant  

Arbor Circle will receive $2.9 million in federal grant funding over five years that could elevate the organization’s services to a new level in...

BAMF Health, Ferris State University form training partnership

A new partnership between BAMF Health and Ferris State University aims to create a talent pipeline of people to work in the emerging field...

Trinity Health acquires Grand Rapids medical practice

Acquiring a Grand Rapids-area rheumatology practice begins to fill a service gap for Trinity Health’s medical group.  The health system now hopes to leverage the...

Health system plans $40M outpatient care project west of Lansing

McLaren Greater Lansing plans to develop a $40 million outpatient medical campus near Grand Ledge, just west of Lansing, that will include an emergency...
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Should Michigan get into the insulin business? Dropping market prices could thwart plan

With 13% of the Michigan population living with diabetes, state legislators are embarking on a bold strategy to ensure ample production and affordability of...

How the health care sector is handling cybersecurity training

Industry advisors say more cybersecurity awareness and preparation is needed in the wake of the ransomware assault on Change Healthcare, though some health systems...

Grand Rapids hospitals avoid disruptions despite water emergency 

Corewell Health and Trinity Health Grand Rapids say they have avoided any disruptions in operations resulting from a water main break on the city’s...

FDA fast-track drug approvals are costing Americans

America represents 4% of the world’s population, yet we consume 60% of all prescription drug sales made on Earth. We use prescription drugs more...

911 and mental distress — can more be done to avert tragedy?

Just over 15 months ago, the Detroit Police Department launched its first standalone mental health unit. The new special responder program was a response...
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Priority Health bottom line hit by rising drug costs, higher utilization in 2023

The rising costs for prescription drugs and higher utilization rates for medical care combined to cut into Priority Health’s bottom line in 2023.  The Grand...

Patients pay thousands at longevity clinics. Are they snake oil or the future of...

Cara Hiddings’ grandfather died of a heart attack at 46. Her cousin suffered the same fate at 55. Mortality is always on the mind of...

Grand Rapids-based benefits firm expands to metro Detroit

Opening an office in suburban Detroit gives Advantage Benefits Group Inc. a base from which to grow in Southeast Michigan.  The Grand Rapids-based employee health...

Legal exam removed from pharmacist certification in Michigan

It’s now easier to become a licensed pharmacist in the state of Michigan. State regulators recently eliminated a widely used certification requirement by removing the...

BAMF, Corewell Health partner on clinical trial for advanced cancer treatment

BAMF Health’s involvement in a clinical trial sponsored by a New York-based biopharmaceutical company begins moving the Grand Rapids company along the pathway to...

Lakeshore outpatient surgery center completes $9.3M expansion

A Muskegon outpatient surgery center that just completed a $9.3 million expansion is already considering a plan to add more capacity as patient volumes...

Nurses at Ascension Borgess Allegan ratify 3-year union contract

Nurses at Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital have ratified a new contract union contract that grants them an average 26% pay raise over the next...

Investment returns boost Corewell Health earnings to nearly $1B in 2023

A large return on investments boosted Corewell Health’s 2023 bottom line to nearly $1 billion.  The nonprofit health system recorded $992.8 million in total net...

Skyrocketing drug spending hits Blue Cross bottom line

In 2023, more Michiganders used heath care services and used novel drugs to relieve ailments. That exacted a cost on Blue Cross Blue Shield...

State lawmakers take up bills aiming to ‘revolutionize the insulin market’

Lawmakers in Lansing began considering bills last week that would allow the state to partner with a private manufacturer to produce and distribute low-cost...
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Attorney general warns of scam targeting Pine Rest

Michigan’s attorney general today warned consumers about a scam targeting Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services that redirects people seeking treatment for substance abuse...

Corewell Health South president retiring after more than four decades in health care

Dr. Loren Hamel ends a four-decade career in health care when he retires at midyear as president of Corewell Health South.  A physician who joined...
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Perrigo to cut 6% of workforce under restructuring initiative

A sweeping restructuring plan that Perrigo Co. plc plans to pursue will result in hundreds of jobs cuts.  In a call this week with brokerage...