A Montgomery County behavioral health care hospital that was put up for sale nearly two years ago is getting a new owner. Avenues Recovery Center of Lakewood, New Jersey, expects to close on its acquisition of Valley Forge Medical Center on June 14. Financial terms of the deal are being kept confidential. Valley Forge Medical… Read more »
The Philadelphia Navy Yard is getting another health care tenant later this year when Mast Labs opens an independent surgical training center at the site. The first Mast Labs was established in Bethesda, Maryland, two years ago by Dr. Scott Faucett and Terence Redmond to serve the Washington, D.C., region. Jeff O’Donnell Jr., who was recently named president of… Read more »
The closing of Cancer Treatments Centers of America’s Philadelphia hospital will result in the loss of 365 jobs, according to a notice filed with the state by the specialty medical center. CTCA announced last week it was closing the cancer hospital at 1331 E. Wyoming Ave. in the Juniata Park section of the city. The for-profit company has… Read more »
The University of Pennsylvania Health System early Thursday started running the emergency department at the former Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia as part of a partnership with Public Health Management Corp., Independence Blue Cross, and Trinity Health, the hospital’s former owner. The new name of the facility at 501 S. 54th St. is PHMC Public… Read more »
Is Philadelphia’s proposed one percent tax on new construction a good compromise or a fools bargain? The Philadelphia City Council announced new legislation on April 11, 2018, that includes a new one percent tax on new construction that would raise revenue for the Housing Trust Fund, the city’s dedicated source for developing new affordable housing, preserving existing… Read more »
