Christiana Care opens pain center that offers non-opioid treatment
Christiana Care Health System is launching the Comprehensive Pain Center – the first of its kind in Delaware – on the Christiana Hospital campus.
Patients...
State’s only Obamacare provider proposes 5.8 percent rate cut
After years of increases, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware proposed cutting rates by 5.8 percent on marketplace health insurance, also known as "Obamacare."
The annual...
From WHYY: Company closing hospital in Philadelphia files for bankruptcy protection in Delaware
The parent company of a Philadelphia hospital that began curtailing services over the weekend has filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware.
The Chapter 11 filing...
Beebe appoints search firm as healthcare system looks for CEO
Beebe Healthcare’s Board of Directors announced a search committee and partnership with a national executive search firm to appoint its next President & CEO.
Witt/Kieffer...
Highmark, Christiana Care reach agreement on value-based payment system for Medicaid recipients
Highmark Health Options, Delaware’s largest Medicaid managed care organization, and Christiana Care Health System have entered a partnership value-based payment system.
Earlier, the state's other...
Medicaid provider, Christiana Care sign value-based payment agreement
Christiana Care Health System and AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware entered into a value-based payment agreement, covering Medicaid beneficiaries.
The agreement creates greater flexibility for Christiana Care...
AstraZeneca drug shows promise in treating type of lung cancer
AstraZeneca announced positive overall survival results from a Phase III trial with Imfinzi in treating small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
AstraZeneca will submit these results...
Delaware biopharma company secures $95 million in funding
Prelude Therapeutics, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company secured $60 million in Series B financing. Investments to date total $95 million.
The company is headed...
Sponsor of chain pharmacy expansion ban says bill would not limit competition
The sponsor of legislation that would bar new chain pharmacies that are not headed by a pharmacist says the bill will not limit competition...
Christiana Care offers a glimpse into state-of-the-art operating room
Christiana Care offered a glimpse into its new Hybrid Operating Room that combines surgery and advanced imaging systems.
The preview comes before the phase-in period...
Beam signing ceremony marks progress on new Beebe health campus
Staff and supporters gathered on the new Beebe South Coastal Health Campus to sign a portion of a beam and a wall to celebrate...
Christiana Care, Union Hospital parent in merger talks
Christiana Care Health System and Affinity Health Alliance, the parent of Union Hospital in Elkton, have signed a letter of intent for Union Hospital...
From WHYY: Scary bacteria in Delaware Bay – and climate change is...
Katherine Doktor, an infectious disease doctor at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, usually treats patients for conditions like sexually transmitted diseases, pneumonia, and other...
Incyte cream shows promise in treating serious skin disease
Incyte announced promising results from use of a cream version of its blockbuster drug Jakafi in treating a skin disease known as vitiligo.
The results...
Gore medical device gets FDA approval for treating heart defects
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted premarket approval for the GORE Gore Carioform ASD Occluder for treating heart defects.
The FDA approval was supported...
Nationwide Healthcare completes purchase of Bayhealth Hospital site
The Milford Wellness Village is one large step closer to opening for business this fall. Nationwide Healthcare Services has completed the purchase of the...
Legislation that expands responsibility of prison health panel passes House
Legislation designed to expand the responsibilities of a prison healthcare review committee won unanimous approval in the House on Tuesday.
Sponsored by Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf,...
Nemours-Christiana Care partner on delivery of babies with diagnosed conditions
Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children . and Christiana Care Health System formed the Nemours & Christiana Care Advanced Delivery Program.
The program – the first...
Marijuana legalization bill comes with a bunch of red flags
Good afternoon,
Bill Freeborn offered some powerful arguments in this space against the marijuana legalization bill now before the General Assembly.
Freeborn argues that under the...
5 Del. nursing homes on list of candidates for heightened scrutiny by feds
Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators praised the recent release of a list of 400 nursing homes that were candidates for coming under greater federal scrutiny.
Five...
