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MiBiz Growth Report: August 31, 2020
Here is the MiBiz growth report for August 31, 2020.
Health Alliance Plan’s West Michigan entry part of broader strategic growth
Health Alliance Plan’s entry into the West Michigan market comes amid a broader strategic push to grow and become a larger statewide player for employee health benefits.
Insurance earnings, pandemic relief lead to first-half gains for Spectrum Health
GRAND RAPIDS — Strong earnings for Priority Health — combined with millions of dollars in state and federal aid — enabled Spectrum Health to remain in the black for the first half of 2020 despite operating losses at its hospitals.
Spectrum Health names new president of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
GRAND RAPIDS — Spectrum Health today named Dr. Hossain Marandi as president of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.
Health officials: Kent Co. employee screening program helping to limit COVID spread
An employee health screening program that includes dozens of Kent County businesses is helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community and keep key statistics at a relatively low and steady rate, health experts said today.
The Right Place leader Birgit Klohs to retire after 33 years
Birgit Klohs, the dean of economic developers in West Michigan and across the state, plans to retire after more than three decades of leading The Right Place Inc.
New diversity-focused VC fund seeks $5M locally before making national pitch
GRAND RAPIDS — A new venture capital fund to invest in businesses owned by racial and ethnic minorities looks to secure financial backing locally before reaching out nationally for investors.
Report: Michigan hospitals take $1.1B hit from pandemic
Michigan hospitals took a $1.1 billion financial hit this spring from the COVID-19 pandemic, a cost that continues to grow.
HAP bringing group health plans, competition to West Michigan in ’21
When it enters the West Michigan commercial health insurance market in 2021, the state’s third largest health plan will offer both large group and small group policies.
Health leaders back Whitmer order to formalize implicit bias training
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent mandate for Michigan health care workers is already in practice at many hospitals and health systems to eliminate cultural biases that can affect care.