Healthcare
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MONTCO Careers – Suburban Community Hospital
Located in East Norriton, Suburban Community Hospital, formerly known as Mercy Suburban Hospital, has been delivering quality healthcare to Montgomery County and the surrounding region for more than 65 years. Scheduler This position routinely schedules tests/procedure cases including clinic visits, surgery, and any other location where scheduling a test or procedure may occur, and prepares and…
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Expectant Parents Choose Lansdale over Colorado for Daughter’s Birth
Monica and Michael Kenyon chose to move back to Lansdale from Colorado Springs earlier this year for the birth of their daughter, Addison Louise, writes Anndee Hochman for Philly.com. Monica was living in Montgomery County with her big Italian family, when she met Michael at Millersville University at a rugby party. The two dated for…
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Montco Residents Have Choice of Two Obamacare Insurers as Marketplace Shrinks
The drastic decline of insurance company participation in Obamacare since 2015 will continue into 2018, and while suburban Philadelphia residents are still holding on to a choice in the marketplace, scores of Americans aren’t as lucky. Competition among insurers is disappearing in the Obamacare marketplace, as nearly a third of all enrollees no longer have…
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King of Prussia ‘Tube-in-your-Tummy’ Weight Loss Company Raises $4.6M
Aspire Bariatrics, which helps people lose weight through its unique diet system, has completed a debt financing round that netted the company $4.6 million, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The King of Prussia company led by CEO Katherine D. Crothall, is the developer of AspireAssist system, that was approved by the FDA last…
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Holy Redeemer Hospital to Bring Laughter into Delivery Room with Nitrous Oxide
Holy Redeemer Hospital in Jenkintown is bringing laughter to its delivery room by offering expectant mothers nitrous oxide during delivery, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. “It doesn’t take pain away completely, but it will help patients cope better,” said Julie Greenfield, Holy Redeemer’s director of maternal child health. The trend of using nitrous…
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MONTCO Careers – Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health
Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health, formerly Abington Memorial Hospital, has 665 beds and more than 5,500 employees, including more than 1,100 physicians, and is one of the largest employers in Montgomery County, has the following career positions listed on their career page. Office Manager IV This position works under the direction of the regional manager to coordinate…
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Abington-Jefferson Doctor Leading by Example
Once he started exercising and losing weight, Jenkintown doctor Neil Skolnik noticed that his change in habits had brought an unexpected benefit, as his longtime patients suddenly started listening to him, writes Stacey Burling for Philly.com. As an associate director of the family medicine residency program at Abington-Jefferson Health, Skolnik often explained the benefits of…
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Norristown’s Einstein Montgomery, Greener Partners Create Rooftop Garden for Healthy Meals for Pregnancy Program
Einstein Montgomery hospital has partnered with Greener Partners to create a rooftop garden in the heart of Norristown for its Healthy Meals for Pregnancy program, writes Gary Puleo for The Times Herald. The thriving garden on top of the six-story garage attached to the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Medical Building has been created with the…
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Patient First Urgent Care Expands to Collegeville
Patient First Urgent Care has expanded its services with a new location in Collegeville, writes David A. Kostival for Reading Eagle. The new facility at 1411 S. Collegeville Road in Upper Providence Township opened on July 27. It is the latest addition to Patient First’s family of Urgent Care facilities in Montgomery County. Vice president…
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Vacant Fort Washington Gas Station Candidate for Medical Marijuana Dispensary Site
The closed Exxon station at 475 Pennsylvania Ave in Fort Washington has been targeted by Cure Pennsylvania as a potential medical marijuana dispensary site, writes Linda Finarelli for Montgomery Media. However, the flooding that has affected the site in the past, may put this plan on hold. On July 29, the state health department issued…
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MONTCO Careers – UHS
Headquartered in King of Prussia, Universal Health Services is one of the largest and most respected hospital management companies in the nation, operating more than 240 hospitals and facilities in the US, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and the UK. Program Manager – Revenue Cycle This position monitors and analyzes accounts receivable to ensure maximization of…
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Rothman Institute Opens Care Site in Blue Bell
Rothman Institute has expanded its network of care sites with the opening of its 14,000-square-foot Blue Bell location, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Located in an office park off East Township Line Road, the center will treat orthopedic patients in areas such as hip and knee, sports medicine and shoulder to hand. Other…
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MONTCO Careers – Aetna
With a location in Blue Bell, The Aetna Life Insurance Company sells traditional and consumer-directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans. Director of Sales This position identifies and evaluates strategic sales opportunities in order to build a high quality pipeline, develops and implements…
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Opinion: Refocusing the Healthcare Debate
Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) It is time to refocus the healthcare debate on patient-centered solutions that can achieve bipartisan consensus in Congress. Aware of the distinct possibility that the Senate might not pass a healthcare bill, a bipartisan group of House members called the Problem Solvers Caucus set out to find agreement on a set…
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Blue Bell Girls Continue Mission to Provide Toys for CHOP Patients
Thirteen-year-old Sophia Giamo from Blue Bell is continuing her mission to make sure that every child at the Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia has toys to play with while they are undergoing treatment, writes Jessica Dean for CBS Philly. Giamo realized the importance of toys after a stay in hospital three years ago for a nasty…
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Cheltenham’s Doctor Hops on Medical Marijuana Bandwagon
Cheltenham’s Dr. Jonathan Gusdorff has traded urgent care for the fledgling medical marijuana segment of the health care industry, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Gusdorff, who sold his urgent care centers business two years ago, is now KW Ventures’ managing partner and medical director. KW is one of the company’s that has been…
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Merck Launches Renflexis, a Biosimilar Version of Remicade
Merck has launched a biosimilar version of Remicade, Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster drug, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Biosimilar products are designed to be equivalent to previously approved branded biological product. They differ from generic drugs as they have the identical chemical makeup of their branded counterparts. Originally developed by Malvern’s Centocor, Remicade…
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Life Time’s Owner Discusses Company Name Change and Shopping Mall Locations
Life Time, which already has fitness centers in Fort Washington and King of Prussia and another planned for Ardmore next year, is looking to expand into overall healthy living, writes John Ewoldt for Philly.com. King of Prussia’s Life Time Fitness location includes a 63,000 square foot swimming pool area.(Image and caption via Philly.com) The company…
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