16 March 2010
U.S. News and World Report has named skilled nursing facility Providence St. Elizabeth Care Center as the top-rated care program in the San Fernando Valley, garnering five stars in a recent feature listing the nation’s top nursing homes. The magazine’s rankings were based on U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid surveys that found Providence St. [...]
Posted in Healthcare1 Comment
16 March 2010
It doesn’t happen often, but on rare occasions, a Kaleidoscope diatribe is worth revisiting. There have been so many reactions (believe it or not, all positive) to our last column on Our Valley’s (and our world’s) misuse of punctuation, misspelled words, ungrammatical verbiage, and generally sloppy use of our language, that a reprise is in [...]
Posted in Advertising/Media3 Comments
16 March 2010
While other retail chains such as Mervyns and Linens & Things went out of business, discount housewares store Anna’s Linens was busy opening a store at The Plant in Van Nuys as part of major expansion plans for the chain. Anna’s CEO Alan Goldstone said that Van Nuys is an ideal location because of its [...]
Posted in Advertising/Media1 Comment
16 March 2010
Every human resources professional has stories to tell about the challenges of hiring in California. And a few stumbling blocks remain constant: the high cost of doing business in California; labor pool difficulties; and as of late, the slow economy. Rolfe Jones, director of human resources for Pacoima-based Arc Machines, Inc. (AMI) said, in general, [...]
Posted in Advertising/Media5 Comments
16 March 2010
More than 1,000 people attended the National business Aviation Association Regional Forum at Van Nuys Airport on March 11. This was the first time in about five years the association has had a forum at the Valley airfield, choosing TWC Aviation as the location. The NBAA returned because with its new 43,000-square-foot hangar and 22 [...]
Posted in International Trade0 Comments
15 March 2010
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority opposes proposed Metrolink cuts that would eliminate stops at the Bob Hope Airport station. Cutting service to the airport diminishes the value the station brings to the transit agency and its passengers as it creates connections with other forms of transportation at the airport, the airport authority said in a letter [...]
Posted in Breaking News2 Comments
14 March 2010
Facey Medical Group may be eliminating its presence in Castaic after more than decade of operating a two-doctor office there, but the healthcare provider is not retrenching, in fact, quite the opposite. Facey Medical Group is adding about 25,000 square feet of new clinical space this year, opening a brand new facility in Porter Ranch [...]
Posted in Healthcare4 Comments
14 March 2010
A lack of spending for healthcare information technology contributed to Aspyra Inc. reporting a net loss of $1.6 million for the second quarter. The Westlake Village-based firm of clinical and diagnostic systems had revenues of $2.1 million for the quarter ending June 30. For the same period in 2008, the company had a net loss [...]
Posted in Banking/Finance, Healthcare0 Comments
14 March 2010
Less than a year after it began operating, the Certified Development Company affiliated with the San Fernando Valley Financial Development Corporation has approved more than $7.4 million dollars in small business loans and is expecting to rank among the top 25 out of 134 CDCs in the Los Angeles SBA District, which includes Los Angeles [...]
Posted in Banking/Finance, Small Business2 Comments
14 March 2010
Molecular imaging systems manufacturer Gamma Medica-Ideas Inc. received $24 million in financing to bring its digital products to new markets and expanding into current markets. The financing was comprised of $14 million in equity capita from the Psilos Group and Capital Resource Partners; $5 million in mezzanine debt from Capital Resource; and a $5 million [...]
Posted in Banking/Finance, Healthcare0 Comments
14 March 2010
By using Six Sigma, a data- driven business strategy, Providence health & Services California improved operations across-the-board and significantly cut costs, saving about $11 million over two years in streamlining processes, according to independent judges at the Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards Gala. Providence health & Services received The Platinum Award for Organizational Business [...]
Posted in Healthcare0 Comments
14 March 2010
Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology giant, Amgen has been named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit accusing it and others of paying kickbacks to medical providers in order to boost sales of the anemia drug Aranesp, according to the Los Angeles Times. The lawsuit was filed in the state of Massachusetts. More than a dozen states, [...]
Posted in Healthcare1 Comment
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