SWK Holdings approved for listing on Nasdaq Capital Market

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/22 7:51A Rebecca Ayers

Dallas-based SWK Holdings Corp. has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The company will start trading on Thursday under ticker symbol “SWKH.” The specialty finance firm, which is focused in the life science sector, originally...

The future of health care and the important role of primary care

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/10 3:19P

The traditional health care system is giving way to a new value-based care model that focuses on the triple aim of better health, better care and lower costs. It’s about shifting the health care system to a model that incentivizes and emphasizes...

Take an inside look at Frisco's new medical campus

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 12/23 3:36A David Ajamy

Two years after its initial groundbreaking, Frisco's $270 million medical campus is now officially open. The joint venture between Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern brought a medical office component that opened on Dec. 3 and Texas...

Gov. Abbott calls for massive medical expansion around Parkland, UT Southwestern

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 12/13 8:43A Bill Hethcock

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has challenged Dallas business and health care leaders to create a massive medical complex in the area around Parkland Hospital and UT Southwestern that would rival Houston’s Texas Medical Center and lead to world-changing...

DMN: UT Southwestern to open new facility in RedBird Mall

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 12/12 8:16A Rebecca Ayers

UT Southwestern will host a new facility in south Dallas’ RedBird Mall, the Dallas Morning News reported on Thursday.  The Dallas-based institution has leased an old Sears site comprised of 150,000 square feet, and plans to transform the space...

Methodist Health System names new CEO

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 12/9 8:07A David Ajamy

Dallas-based Methodist Health System has named Jim Scoggin as its new CEO. Scoggin has served as interim CEO since April of this year after Stephen Mansfield retired after leading the company for 13 years. With 34-years of experience in the...

Form-D Friday: Veritex Holdings raises $75M

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/22 2:33A Rebecca Ayers

The Dallas-based holding company for Veritex Community Bank raised money to pay some outstanding subordinated debt and more in this week's column that sifts through public filings.

In wake of Dallas firm's closure, sought-after medical group finds new home

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/21 8:03A Brooks Igo

Four more lawyers from a soon-to-be shuttered Dallas law firm have found a new home one week after the nearly 40-year-old Dallas law firm announced it is shuttering at the end of the year.

Roundup of deals and dollars: Nov. 14

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 8:30A Rebecca Ayers

Cornerstone Healthcare Group acquires a Houston hospital, a Dallas-based oil firm receives an equity commitment, and more in this week's roundup of deals and dollars.

Federal prosecutors: No new trial needed for Forest Park officials

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 1:34A Mark Curriden

Lawyers for the Forest Park Medical Center officials convicted in February of operating a bribery and kick-back scheme have presented no evidence and made no substantive legal arguments showing that they deserve a new trial, according to federal...