While health insurer Centene Corp. builds a West Coast campus in Sacramento, it’s facing a lawsuit from the owner of one of the buildings it leases in Rancho Cordova.

“Over the last two decades we have gained widespread philanthropic, civic and community support that enabled the development of the Mission Bay campus,” said UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood. “We are now turning our attention to revitalizing the historic Parnassus Heights campus.”

Following a New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange board of directors meeting, Cheryl Gardner is set to depart from her role as CEO of beWellnm.

Albuquerque-based The Garrity Group, beWellnm's public relations firm, confirmed Gardner will be departing as CEO. The board elected to not extend Gardner's contract in a meeting last Friday. She will continue to serve in her role until the end of the month, when her contract expires.

The board is set to call a special meeting early next week to name an…

The Food and Drug Administration once again failed to approve Recro Pharma's new drug application for its experimental non-opioid pain medication intravenous meloxicam.

The federal agency, in its complete response letter (CRL) to the Malvern, Pa.-based pharmaceutical company, said the delayed onset of IV meloxicam fails to meet the prescriber expectations for intravenous drugs. The letter, according to Recro, also cited regulatory concerns about the role of IV meloxicam as a monotherapy in acute…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced plans to create a state-based health exchange for 2021, a move that would make the state one of 12 with its own exchanges.

The exchanges, or marketplaces, were established under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, as a place where people without work-based health coverages could comparison shop for health insurance.

New Jersey has been among the 28 states, including Pennsylvania, to use the federal marketplace since the program began. Other states…

VCs poured millions in Washington state but remained selective on mega deals, the funding stage and the type of industry.

The confirmed cases of the flu in the city of St. Louis and Missouri have dropped significantly when compared with the same period last year, according to the respective health departments.

Western New York's occupational therapy and health providers say they are trying to keep up with demand for their services, and a lack of properly trained therapists doesn't help.

While lawmakers in Washington, D.C., spent the last two years doing all they could to pull apart the threads of the Affordable Care Act, California led the way in expanding access to health care. Yet millions here remain uninsured, including many entrepreneurs and small-business employees. Lawmakers have an opportunity this year, however, to address the remaining uninsured rate and promote more affordability for the small-business community through common-sense policies that would strengthen health…