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Special Report - Special Report - December 20, 2012
Health sector faces uncertainty in transitional year


Earlier this month, Ernest Health Inc. announced plans to form a joint venture with Kootenai Health to develop a 30-bed rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls.
Earlier this month, Ernest Health Inc. announced plans to form a joint venture with Kootenai Health to develop a 30-bed rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls.
—Rendering courtesy of Ernest Health Inc.
The Inland Northwest health care sector faces perhaps more uncertainty and change in the coming year than any other industry sector here, as it prepares for broad implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in 2014.

Industry executives who were interviewed said they expect mostly flat or somewhat declining revenue in 2013, with any revenue boost from a larger insured population not expected to begin materializing until well into the following year. Even then, they say, it wi...


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