Healthcare
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Genesis HealthCare Welcomes New Rehab Center to Exton
Kennett Square’s successful nationwide PowerBack Rehabilitation business is flexing new muscle just up the road in Exton, where Genesis HealthCare broke ground this week on its newest rehab facility. The $19 million project has officially begun to rise on six acres in the Oaklands Corporate Center, according to a Daily Local News report by Brian…
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Annual Dash 4 Diabetes to Take Over West Chester on Saturday
Run, walk, or lend a hand this Saturday, April 1 at Chester County Hospital’s 23rd Annual Dash 4 Diabetes. It’s a step in the right direction to benefit the hospital’s Diabetes Self-Management Program. There’s something for everyone — and every age — at this rain-or-shine community event, including a 5K race and 2.5K walk for…
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FREE WEBINAR: The Affordable Care Act & Navigating Changes
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will undergo changes this year as Congress and the Trump Administration put legislation into place. Understanding the new requirements and the impact on your business will be crucial in the coming year. To help you, the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is offering a free webinar with Shelly Bloom,…
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Kennett Square-Based Genesis HealthCare Honors Former Rep. Joe Pitts
He was a champion for senior citizens for the 44 years he served as an elected official, and this month, former U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts received a champion’s thank-you at Kennett Square-based senior living provider Genesis HealthCare. “Congressman Pitts was willing to fight to protect the welfare and rights of our frailest seniors,” said CEO…
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Devon Dentist Advocates for Reduced Use of Opioids for Pain Treatment
Dr. Joel Funari from Devon is among the growing number of dentists ditching pain relief opioids during routine procedures, writes Elana Gordon for the Philadelphia Inquirer. From this year, to help reduce dependency on instant pain relief and the potential for creating a long term addiction, Pennsylvania is requiring all new dentists and those renewing…
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Chester County Businesses Anxious for New Healthcare Law
With its drastic premium hikes and wasted taxpayer money, the “burden” of today’s healthcare system can’t be killed fast enough for small businesses in Chester County. “Nationally, we’re waiting with bated breath for details of the new healthcare plan,” said DFT CEO David Moser in a Daily Local News report by Brian McCullough. The Exton…
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The Desmond’s Throwing a Big Party for Prostate Cancer Awareness
The Desmond Hotel will be running over with craft beer, wine and spirits, oysters, appetizers, desserts, games, auctions, music, photo ops and fun when the 3rd Annual Bottoms Up for Prostate Cancer Awareness comes to Malvern on April 1. The 6 to 10 p.m. April Fools’ Day extravaganza is no joke for prostate cancer survivors,…
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Chester County Hospital’s $90 Million Expansion on Its Way
The Chester County Hospital campus is about to endure the trauma of labor in order to deliver a new 276,000-square-foot building expansion, and the due date is sometime this spring. Chester County Hospital’s $90 million baby is expected to fulfill a 2013 acquisition pledge by Penn Medicine to invest $130 million in its first five…
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Potential Repeal of Affordable Care Act Causing Concern Among Chester County Volunteers
Free medical care providers in Chester County have seen a steady increase in patients over the last three years, and are worried that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act could grow those numbers, writes Harold Brubaker for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Maureen Tomoschuk, CEO of Community Volunteers in Medicine, noted that, although Chester County is…
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Discover Chester County – La Comunidad Hispana
A little more than a month ago, La Comunidad Hispana (LCH) opened a dental center on the Penn Medical Campus in Oxford. The new LCH Dental Center expects to serve at least 500 patients in its first year and is staffed by a dentist, dental hygienist, and two dental assistants. This expansion of services continues…
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Wall Street Journal: Paoli’s Dune Medical Has Tool to Spot Cancer During Surgery
A Paoli medical device company is cutting the fear out of critical surgeries to remove cancer. Dune Medical Devices’ MarginProbe detects the unique electromagnetic properties of cancer cells, and alerts surgeons to their presence while still in the operating room, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal by Lucette Lagnado. The result: Dune…
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If Obamacare Were to Die Overnight …
If President Donald Trump and the Republicans controlling Congress follow through on promises to repeal and replace Obamacare, a lot would change in Pennsylvania and across the country. Just how much change? The pro-Obamacare Pennsylvania Health Funders Foundation quantified a sudden death of the healthcare exchange in numbers, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by…
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Johnson & Johnson Weighs Options for Diabetic-Care Subsidiary in West Chester
Johnson & Johnson is currently weighing strategic options for the future of its diabetic-care companies, including West Chester’s Animas, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Animas, which produces and markets insulin pumps and other devices to help diabetics, recently worked on a project with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to develop an artificial…
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Is For-Profit Healthcare Unfairly Portrayed? CEO of Kennett Square’s Genesis HealthCare Thinks So
George V. Hager Jr., CEO of Kennett Square’s Genesis HealthCare, believes that people should not have such strong objection to a health company making a profit, writes Jane Von Bergen for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In a recent interview with the Inquirer, Hager, the head of one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers, expressed his views…
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Devon Horse Show Donates $430,000 to Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr Hospital, part of Main Line Health, recently received a $430,000 donation from the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair. The donation – presented to Bryn Mawr Hospital President Andi Gilbert and Andrew Reder, Chair of the Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation – is the third installment toward a five-year, $2 million pledge made by…
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With Prestigious Award, Penn Medicine Southern Chester County in Class of Its Own
Penn Medicine Southern Chester County has been awarded prestigious national recognition from Healthcare Real Estate Insights magazine. The Jennersville ambulatory care center was named “Best New Development, MOBs (Medical Office Buildings) and Other Outpatient Facilities, 50,000 to 99,999 square feet,” in HREI’s 2016 Insights Awards competition. The award was recently presented during the RealShare Healthcare…
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Main Line Health Raises Bar, Unveils Unique New Medical Center in Concordville
Main Line Health has unveiled a unique, $47 million health center in Concordville that offers both primary care and specialty physicians, along with an extensive fitness facility under one roof, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. When fully occupied, the 131,500-square-foot facility on Baltimore Pike will house dozens of physicians focusing on wellness.…
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Siblings Behind Paoli Startup Are Finalists in $10 Million, Global Contest to Recreate Star Trek Device
Star Trek was a half-century ahead of its time. Only now are four siblings and natives of Broomall on the cusp of bringing to life a mobile diagnostic device reminiscent of the tricorder, a medical scanning device used by the likes of Dr. McCoy and Dr. Crusher in the science-fiction entertainment franchise. Emergency room physician…
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