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Christus names new CFO
Barnett Christus Santa Rosa Health System announced Shawn Barnett has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president. He will start July 1. Barnett has served as chief financial officer at...
View ArticleNew health coverage takes effect in July
The Department of Health and Human Services announced medical-insurance premiums will drop by 23.6 percent for Texans with pre-existing conditions. The federally administered Pre-Existing Condition...
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AirStrip taps Portela as CEO
San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies Inc. has named Alan W. Portela as its chief executive. Portela, a veteran health care executive, has served as a senior company advisor. He also has been an...
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Calming technique pioneer names training partner
NuCalm patient Solace, a Kerrville company responsible for an all-natural, stress reduction technology, has named Authentic Dental Laboratory Inc. of San Antonio as its training partner for dentists...
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S.A. orthopedic group relocates South Side clinic
The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group has opened in the new Mission Trail Medical Plaza at Brooks City-Base. The group occupies 6,500 square feet at 3327 Research Plaza, Suite 404, more than triple the...
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AirStrip names Brandes to new post
AirStrip Technologies Inc. has named Bruce Brandes to the newly created post of chief strategy officer at the San Antonio-based developer of mobile medical software applications. Brandes, who...
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Six doctors join Pleasanton group
A Pleasanton physicians group affiliated with San Antonio’s Southwest General Hospital has added six physicians to the practice. Physicians who have joined Southwest Physicians Group are cardiologists...
View ArticleStemBioSys signs licensing agreement with STTM
San Antonio-based StemBioSys LLC, which is commercializing a system to expand the number of stem cells from umbilical cord blood, has entered into a licensing agreement with South Texas Technology...
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KCI and K-LOVE team up to give
File photo of a Pillow Pet For the second time in as many weeks, employees of San Antonio-based Kinetic Concepts Inc. have teamed with the local affiliate, KZLV 91.3, for Christian radio network K-LOVE...
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S.A. blood center taps Fisk
Mary Beth Fisk on Wednesday was appointed South Texas Blood & Tissue Center’s president and chief operating officer after serving as interim president and COO since April. Linda Myers was promoted...
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Some hot mail
Attention idiots: Sending chicken pox through the U.S. mail system it illegal. Not to mention dumb as bat business. Some really stupid parents are mailing items infected with live viruses, such as...
View ArticleHoliday card program to benefit Christus foundation
San Antoni0 wound-care company Kinetic Concepts Inc. and Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital have partnered on a charitable holiday card program. Holiday cards were created by children being...
View Article‘Grandma and the Big Bad SGR!’
Poor Grandma! Doctors are facing a 27.4 percent cut in Medicare payments come Jan. 1. So, you say? Well, half of doctors say they might have to stop treating seniors and patients with disabilities if...
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SA doctor releases groundbreaking e-textbook
Six years after his first textbook was published, Dr. Stephen Burkhart, an internationally recognized shoulder surgeon based in San Antonio, is releasing what his publisher calls the first e-textbook...
View ArticleSan Antonians head up medical foundation’s gala
Three San Antonio physicians and a community volunteer have been named co-chairs of the Texas Medical Association Foundation’s 20th annual gala next year in the Alamo City. The event, set for May 17,...
View ArticleBusiness layoffs over Obamacare
Yesterday we had a piece from Las Vegas about a small business owner who said he had to fire 22 employees because of the re-election of President Obama and the tax burden and financial hit that the...
View ArticleMission Pharmacal rolls out new oral spray
A private pharmaceutical company based in San Antonio is launching a new prescription oral spray to relieve dry mouth. Mission Pharmacal is rolling out the new product, which is called Aquoral. Using a...
View ArticleBank seeks to foreclose on closed San Antonio hospital
Iberia Bank Corp. wants to proceed with a foreclosure of the closed Victory Medical Center Southcross LP on San Antonio’s Southeast Side. In a recent filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fort Worth,...
View ArticleHealthCare.gov grants 48-hour extension for Jan. 1 coverage
Federal health officials announced late Tuesday that they’ve extended the deadline to sign up for 2016 health insurance plans taking effect Jan. 1. The new deadline, thanks to a 48-hour extension, will...
View ArticleSenior memory care facility opening in San Antonio
Spring Hills Senior Communities and Silver Companies will open a new memory care facility for seniors in San Antonio in March. Poet’s Walk San Antonio will be at 5438 Presidio Parkway, near the...
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