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Bernard Tyson carried his influence to the national health care stage
After becoming CEO of Kaiser Permanente in 2013, Bernard Tyson built a national profile in health care, and his influence was especially acute in 2017.
The CEO of the nation’s largest nonprofit managed health care system met with President Trump twice to discuss the Affordable Care Act and veterans' affairs that year, and he addressed a Senate committee to develop ways to improve the health care system.
Tyson, who died expectedly Sunday morning at age 60, ran the Oakland-based integrated health…
This Troy telemedicine company doubled revenue three straight years. Why its CEO expects to do it again in 2020
United Concierge Medicine offers a service that can cut down people using the ER when they don't need it. Says its co-founder: “We're literally talking to every insurer in New York state.”
Twelve Triad hospitals earn highest grade on patient safety report
Seventy-five percent of Triad hospitals received an “A” grade in the fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, the nation’s only rating focused entirely on patient safety.
Twelve Triad hospitals received an “A,” two received a “B” and two received a “C.” (Grades are listed below). Leapfrog does not rank some hospitals because they are too small or because they provided incomplete data.
Highlights of Leapfrog's fall report include:
More than 2,600 hospitals were graded; 33% earned an “A,”…
Broadway Sacramento, Dignity Health drop naming rights deal amid LGBT health care legal battle
Broadway Sacramento and Dignity Health have cancelled a naming rights deal for a downtown theater following concerns of a possible boycott by Sacramento’s LGBT community.
Two weeks ago, Dignity Health announced its five-year agreement to put its name on Broadway Sacramento’s theater at 1419 H St. It would have been the San Francisco-based health system's first naming-rights sponsorship in the Sacramento region.
Broadway Sacramento is one of the largest performing arts groups in the area,…
The tributes pour in: The nation reacts to Bernard Tyson’s death
When a local leader dies, the tributes and remembrances typically follow. But when Bernard Tyson died Sunday, the nation mourned with us as well.
The message was clear: His influence reached far beyond health care and far beyond the Bay Area. From helping shape national health policy to speaking out on race, diversity and homelessness, Tyson affected many people and many issues.
Some Kaiser patients posted how he had personally helped them.
There was official reaction as well, from California…
What this biotech CEO learned from Big Pharma
Elyse Stoltz Dickerson leads strategy and day-to-day operations at Eosera Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas.
Atrium Health clarifies its partnership with Wake Forest Baptist Health
Atrium Health clarified the specificity of its potential paring with Winston-Salem's Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest School of Medicine last week.
After recent news that the three entities are taking further steps to solidify what is being called a “strategic combination,” interested parties were left to wonder just what that means.
Some of the language in the announcement, such as the phrase: “unique and transformative academic health care system one step closer to reality,” sounded…
Senate plan, like the governor’s, aims to further bring down drug costs
Recent policy proposals unveiled from Gov. Charlie Baker and the state Senate envision giving the Health Policy Commission more power to oversee drug companies.

Milestone Equipment Holdings expands with Florida acquisition
Milestone Equipment Holdings, a St. Charles-based logistics firm, acquired a trailer leasing office in Jacksonville, Florida, last month – this part of a larger strategy to grow in the Southeast and connect with Florida and Georgia customers.
Milestone, a transportation equipment leasing company, is one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held companies, with 2018 revenue of $211.9 million. It has expanded into several new locations this year, including a branch office Orlando that opened…

MFS is finding investors willing to shun index funds
The Boston asset manager is seeing net inflows into its funds, while some of its peers continue to struggle.