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Health insurance fraud isn't confined to public markets

University report finds problem is pervasive in private-insurance sector
October 29, 2009
A recent report from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, in Washington, D.C., challenges the notion that fraud is a problem only in public health insurance markets and finds that fraud is a systemwide and
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Benefit of dialysis for nursing home seniors questioned

Suffering from treatment might outweigh plusses, Stanford research finds
October 29, 2009
Older Americans living in nursing homes experience a significant decline in their ability to perform simple daily tasks—such as feeding themselves, getting dressed, or brushing their teeth—after starting dialysis, say researchers at the a
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Premiums for some health plans exorbitant, study finds

Workers in certain states shell out thousands more than the national average
October 29, 2009
One in 10 enrolled workers in Alaska, Indiana, and Minnesota were in health insurance plans costing $20,000 or more—at least $7,000 more than the national average—for employer-based health insurance premiums that covered their families in
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Deaconess to install its first dual-picture imaging system

Cost to expand, equip special-procedures room expected to top $2 million
October 29, 2009
Mike McLean
Deaconess Medical Center says it plans to install a new imaging system in a special-procedures catheterization lab that it's enlarging at a total construction and equipment cost of more than $2 million.The 1,300-square-foot room is located on of
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Spokane Eye Clinic sees growth in future of sight care

Bigger facilities will help meet vision-health needs of rising older population
October 29, 2009
Mike McLean
Spokane Eye Clinic, a longtime medical practice here, says it sees a big future in eye and vision care.The 18-physician practice recently moved its flagship clinic into a new $9.6 million facility at 427 S. Bernard in the medical district south
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—Staff photo by Jeanne Gustafson

Sacred Heart converts surgery suite for 'hybrid' procedures

$3.4 million project enables doctors to do CT imaging during invasive surgery
October 29, 2009
Jeanne Gustafson
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has spent $3.4 million to convert one of its surgical suites to accommodate an innovative combination of imaging equipment and an operating table, enabling surgeons to perform what are of
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Profs' software helps diagnose autism

Whitworth duo combines knowledge in special education, computer science in tracking tools
October 29, 2009
Jeanne Gustafson
Two Whitworth University professors say they're developing software they hope will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with autism-related disorders.The professors, Susan Mabry and Betty Fry Williams, have teamed up to combine of
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Health reform changes must be sustainable

Quantity-driven systems must be transformed into cost-accountable systems
October 29, 2009
Dr. J. Courtney Clyde
Nearly everyone is for health-care reform until it affects them, and now that details about the reform proposals in Congress finally are emerging, hackles are raised. Despite all this vitriol, I hope the country can have a meaningful dialogue to of
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—Photos courtesy of Barrx Medical Inc. and Nathan Edminster, of Rockwood clinic PS

Heartburn's SERIOUS SIDE

Rockwood begins offering esophageal ablation procedure to prevent cancer
October 29, 2009
David Cole
Rockwood Clinic PS, of Spokane, has begun offering what it says is a more desirable treatment for a potentially dangerous problem in the esophagus that results from frequent and long-occurring acid reflux.Acid reflux, which is the leakage of the
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Small Business Watch: October 29, 2009

October 29, 2009
Magner Sanborn wins Amtrak PR contract Magner Sanborn, a Spokane-based advertising, brand design, and marketing communications firm, says it has won a contract to provide creative services and media planning for the Amtrak Cascades and
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