Health care

With increased scrutiny on blood testing in light of a federal investigation, a local startup is stepping up to handle the process with an Uber-like mobile app.

Wading through Chapter 11, the lab company has backed out of a $4 million funding deal with VCU, and a hearing Thursday raised questions about past payouts to shareholders.

Health Diagnostic Laboratory has been granted enough financial fuel to continue operating at least another month. But both its lender and its landlord warn that the troubled lab company is on a path that could end in bankruptcy liquidation.

Health Diagnostic Laboratory on Monday took its first step toward a sale of the company, but several obstacles still loom, including a disgruntled lender and potentially more money that would be owed the federal government.

The lab company withdrew a pending agreement for a $30 million line of credit, but it will have some cash coming in after a judge gave OK to go through with an auction of lab equipment.

Clearing out space in its massive headquarters building, potentially to rent out, downtown-based HDL is accepting auction bids on a batch of its medical testing equipment.

Amid several massive children’s health projects, VCU Health System has picked a pediatrician and Michigan State dean to take over as CEO, effective in August.

After filing for bankruptcy, the health tech firm is catching a break from an insurance provider’s lawsuit, and its other legal proceedings will likely soon be halted as it works through Chapter 11.

A local medical practice is trading in its Innsbrook location for a spot in a new medical park near short Pump, and a Northern Virginia physical therapy group is boosting its presence in Richmond with an office near Willow Lawn.

Health system HCA purchased a chunk of a Chesterfield County shopping center last week as it moves forward with plans for a freestanding emergency room.