Healthcare
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Universal Health Services See Revenues Drop in Q1 2019
By Bob Mitchell For-profit hospital and behavioral health operator, King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services (UHS) saw its revenue decrease in the first quarter of 2019 due to shifts in high-margin to low-margin surgical patients. The company’s net revenue per adjusted acute-care admission was $234.2 million, during the first quarter of 2019, as compared to…
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Chester County Hospital’s Expansion Allows Residents to Stay Local for Highest Quality of Care
In 2020, Chester County Hospital will complete a 250,000-square-foot expansion and 26,000-square-foot renovation plan that will make world-class healthcare accessible to all of Chester County. The project will include 15 state-of-the-art operating rooms, three high-tech labs for cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology, and new areas for interventional cardiology and pre-admission testing. The expansion will also include…
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Chester County Economic Development Council to Hold First-of-Its-Kind Local Business Forum on Substance Abuse, Mental Health Issues in the Workplace
In a survey of medical personnel as well as leadership at local hospitals and health care-related companies, Health Care Connect (HCC), an initiative of the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), found the number one concern was a shortage of services for the growing number of people facing mental health and substance abuse problems, particularly…
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Phoenixville Resident Receives Unpleasant Surprise After Opening Bill for Treatment of Soccer Injury
Esteban Serrano, a software engineer and Phoenixville resident, received an unpleasant surprise when he discovered he was being billed more than $800 for a hinged knee brace after a soccer injury, writes Paula Andalo for Minnesota Public Radio. Serrano, who grew up playing soccer in his native Ecuador, hurt his knee during a game with…
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As Share Price Doubles, BioTelemetry Makes a Quiet, Yet Significant, Presence in Chester County
By Bob Mitchell BioTelemetry, Inc., a mobile and wireless medical technology company, is quietly making its mark on the biotech industry from Malvern, Chester County. The company, which provides cardiac and mobile blood-glucose monitoring, centralized medical imaging, and equipment manufacturing, traces its roots to CardioNet in San Diego, which was formed in 1994. CardioNet merged…
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Harrison Senior Living to Host Health & Wellness Expo on April 11
Harrison Senior Living – a leading provider of independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing services – will host a Health & Wellness Expo on Thursday, April 11 from 10 AM-1 PM at the Harrison House of Christiana. Attendees will learn about the resources available in the local community and meet representatives from Meals on…
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Already Struggling to Get Paid, First Responders Being Kept Busy by Rehab Facility in Devon
Already struggling to get paid, first responders are being kept busy by the increased number of emergency calls coming from Recovery Centers of America at Devon, a relatively new addiction treatment facility on the Main Line, writes Erin McCarthy for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Some soon-to-be patients use one last time before checking into the rehab…
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Chester County Hospitals Have Some of Region’s Lowest Rates of Severe Childbirth Complications
The rates of severe complications during childbirth for Chester County hospitals are among the lowest in the region, writes Marie McCullough for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In the U.S., around 700 women die during or soon after giving birth every year with African-American women and low-income women at greater risk. Last week, USA Today published the…
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Doctors Make Startling Discovery After Downingtown Native’s Condition Baffles Them for Years
Downingtown native Zachary Reigel, a Penn State sophomore, lived 19 years without knowing he was missing the inferior vena cava, the main vein going from his lower body to his heart, writes Mari Schaefer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Reigel had issues with nausea and leg numbness after playing basketball most of his life, but doctors…
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King of Prussia’s UHS Sees Profits Decrease, Sets Sights on New Hospital in Missouri
By Bob Mitchell Although its revenue increased last year, Universal Health Services, a hospital management company based in King of Prussia, saw its profits decrease due to a “fairly dramatic shift” in the industry in which Medicaid patients are moving from fee-for-service into managed care. The company saw its revenue increase 4.2 percent to $2.754…
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FROM DELCO: Historical Marker to Honor Upper Chichester Native, Pioneer in Women’s Medicine
Dr. Anna Broomall, a pioneer in the field of women’s medicine, made a huge impact on both obstetrics and the history of Delaware County, according to a report for the Delaware County News Network. While studying at the Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia, the Upper Chichester native was one of nine women attending lectures at…
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How Bad Is This Flu Season? Here Are the Region’s Numbers
According to the flu report recently published by the Pennsylvania Health Department, Chester and Delaware counties had lower flu rates relative to the state’s 65 other counties, writes Bailey King for PhillyVoice. Statewide, influenza has already caused the deaths of 46 adults and one child. The majority of adult fatalities were individuals 50 and older.…
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What Are the Odds That This Baby Was Born on This Day at This Hospital?
Oxford residents Lauren and Dave Peirce will never have to worry about forgetting their son’s birthday, or vice versa, writes Dan Farrell for NBC Philadelphia. Both Lauren and Dave were born on Feb. 6, 1989 at Chester County Hospital. Decades later, they welcomed a son on the same day at the same hospital. The Peirces…
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Acquisition Further Solidifies Malvern Company’s Leadership Position in Remote Cardiac Monitoring
Malvern-based BioTelemetry has agreed to buy Geneva Healthcare for $45 million, plus the promise of an additional $20 million over time, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. BioTelemetry is a medical device company that specializes in mobile and wireless medical technology that is used for remote cardiac monitoring, monitoring of mobile blood glucose,…
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Devon Horse Show Pledges $2 Million to Enhance Local Hospital’s Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit
The Devon Horse Show’s board of directors has approved a six-year, $2 million pledge to Bryn Mawr Hospital for improvements to its inpatient behavioral health unit, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Devon Horse Show was started in 1896, making it the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor multi-breed competition. Throughout the last…
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Kennett Square’s Genesis HealthCare Enters Real Estate Partnership for 15 Skilled Nursing Facilities
Kennett Square-based Genesis HealthCare has formed a real estate partnership with Next Healthcare Capital for the 15 long-term care centers previously leased from Welltower, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Also, the company has sold the seven additional post-acute care facilities it was leasing from Welltower to a third party. While the company…
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Chester County Leadership: Sherry Smyth, President & CEO of Dunwoody Village
Sherry Smyth, the President and CEO of Dunwoody Village, a continuing care retirement community located in Newtown Square, spoke with DELCO Today about her blue-collar upbringing in suburban Chicago, the impression her hard-working mother made on her, the lessons she learned from some of her earliest jobs, and what brought her to Delaware County. Smyth…
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Website Furthers Chester County Overdose Prevention Task Force’s Vision of Safe, Healthy Communities
Drug overdose is a major health and safety concern. From 2000 to 2015, more than a half-million people in the U.S. died from drug overdose. Chester County is not immune to this epidemic, as in 2017, there were 144 accidental drug overdoses in the county. The Chester County Overdose Prevention Task Force was formed to…
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