Special Report

Hart Capital's foray into Idaho

Investment firm now manages $300 million in assets

November 3, 2016

Spokane-based Hart Capital Management Inc. has opened an office in Coeur d'Alene, saying that 20 percent of its client base now is in North Idaho. The company expanded last month into a 2,200-square-foot office space on the main floor of McEuen Terrace

UW physician assistant program targets rising need

Nearly 400 providers have graduated in past 20 years

October 20, 2016

Stacey Denny

Physician assistants are playing a more vital role in health care communities across the U.S. In Spokane, many of these physician assistants are graduates of the University of Washington's MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program here. Currently

WSU's sleep research center keeps growing

Budget of operation here has doubled since 2009

October 20, 2016

In the last seven years, Washington State University's Sleep and Performance Research Center has seen its annual budget more than double, a reflection of the growth and amount of work it now conducts at the Spokane campus east of downtown. The sleep ce

Humana adds hearing aid benefit to Medicare plans

Insurer beefs up Advantage offerings in six counties

October 20, 2016

Staff Report

Humana Inc., the Louisville, Ky.-based health insurance company, says it's teaming up with a hearing aid company to provide Medicare beneficiaries in Spokane County and five other counties in Washington state with better access to hearing exams and affo

Tacoma's Multicare offers online health services here

System using billboards to draw local consumers

October 20, 2016

Kim Crompton

MultiCare Health System, a Tacoma-based provider network, is using billboards here to market health care services that Spokane-area consumers can access online. 'Online healthcare when and where you need it. Visit multicare.ecare.com,â€ says the messa

New digestive center launched in Post Falls

Comprehensive approach is focus at hospital facility

October 20, 2016

Samantha Peone

Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls has opened the Northwest Institute for Digestive Surgery, says Dr. John L. Pennings, founder and director of the institute. Located at 750 N. Syringa, the digestive center occupies about 10,000 square feet and i

Premera Blue Cross adopts new customer-service focus

Big health insurer invests in tech, patient research

October 20, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

With open enrollment periods for health insurance starting next month, consumers once again find themselves navigating the complexities of health care plans. Because of those complexities, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Premera Blue Cross says it has be

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Monitoring students on the move

System tracks, scores activities of fifth graders

October 20, 2016

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based Kootenai Health is joining Spokane-based Providence Health Care in providing area fifth graders a program that emphasizes the importance of physical activity. In its inaugural year in the program, Kootenai Health is distributing 1,5

Leone & Keeble wins big contract for EWU project

Work on $31 million job slated to start this week

October 6, 2016

Mike McLean

Eastern Washington University has awarded Spokane contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. a $31 million contract to renovate and expand the Pence Union Building. Work there is scheduled to start this week, says Troy Bester, the university's senior project mana