Medical

A non-medical home care company has opened on office in Riverside. 24Hr HomeCare, which helps people of all ages with developmental disabilities, recently opened a facility at 1420 Iowa Ave. across from the Inland Regional Center, according to a statement. The Riverside office helps clients arrange short-term care and find …

OneLegacy, a nonprofit that arranges organ, eye and tissue transplants, will open a recovery facility in Redlands. The Los Angeles-based agency will move into a 40,000-square-foot building at 1701 Orange Tree Lane, said Ross Goldberg, spokesman for the organization. Work is expected to begin there March 21. The facility, which …

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center has been recognized for lowering the number of C-sections for first-time mothers with low-risk pregnancies. The medical center has surpassed the U.S government’s target for reducing such deliveries, a process that is potentially dangerous and often unnecessary, according to a statement released by Arrowhead Regional. The …

Alignment Healthcare, an Orange-based company that offers HMO plans to California residents, has added PrimeCare Medical Network in the Inland Empire to its Medicare Advantage Provider Network. That arrangement means anyone enrolled in Medicare Advantage will have access to more than 300 primary care physicians and 1,300 specialists in Riverside …

Two San Bernardino hospitals are claiming to have a major impact on the local economy. Community Hospital of San Bernardino and St. Bernardine Medical Center – both part of Dignity Health Inland Empire – have an annual impact of more than $1.4 billion, according to a statement. Both hospitals combined …

That was the consensus reached at a symposium at Claremont Graduate University, although participants agreed the federal health care program – better known as Obamacare – is far from perfect. The Affordable Care Act has been a boon to the Inland Empire by getting more people health care insurance while …