We asked employee-benefits consultants this question: What do you expect the competitive landscape for employee benefits providers to look like 10 years from now?Mark Newbold, principal and employee-benefits adviser, Moloney O'Neill that

During the past two years, we've heard a lot of rhetoric about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Regardless of the political battle, one thing is clear: Health care is reforming, with or without the bill Congress passed in March has a

Health insurance is a major topic of conversation right now—and for good reason. There is uncertainty and confusion surrounding health care reform, mandates, cost, and the Supreme Court decision that will be rendered by the end of the year. It

Three Providence Health Care hospitals in Spokane have consolidated their respective foundations into a new nonprofit organization that they expect will streamline their fundraising and granting activities in the years to come.Called Providence

In 2007, Spokane neurological surgeon Dr. Dean Martz approached Jon Copeland, CEO of Inland Imaging Business Associates LLC, and asked if Inland Imaging could find a way to send MRIs and other medical images to his iPhone.Copeland's response: is

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based diagnostics laboratory, is positioned to raise its standing among national leaders in sophisticated medical testing, says Francisco Velazquez, its new CEO.Velazquez says PAML, is

The fundamental problem with the health care system in this country is its ever-rising cost. We spend 17 percent of our gross domestic product, or nearly $2.5 trillion, on health care each year. Most policy proposals attempt to control these by and

Spokane-area employers that provide medical insurance benefits say they've seen cost increases and made plan adjustments this year as in past years, yet with some significant differences amid the shifting landscape caused by national health care of

We asked rural hospital administrators this question: What will be the most profound change in health care during the next 10 years?Tom Martin, superintendent, Lincoln County Public Health District, Davenport, Wash.: One of the greatest rural

Several Spokane-area employers have put in place company wellness-incentive programs that are intended to encourage or reward employees who maintain good health or who are working to establish an active lifestyle.The thought, those employers is