Health Care

Pair opens health clinic in renovated Valley space

Physician assistant-owned center sets longer sessions

January 16, 2014

A physician assistant-owned medical clinic recently opened in the Spokane Valley under the name Optimal Healthcare Inc. Physician assistant Kevin Bichler and his wife, Janice Jordan-Bichler, are the owners of the general medicine and family medicine clin

Decision affirms hospice service's need certificate

Hospice of Spokane fought entry by competing provider

January 16, 2014

Katie Ross

A Washington state appellate court panel here has upheld a lower-court finding that Liberty Lake-based Family Home Care Corp. met the certificate-of-need requirements to provide hospice services in Spokane County. The case stemmed from a lawsuit that n

Sacred Heart, Deaconess to boost cardiac, emergency care

$13.4 million in projects loom at Spokane's two largest hospitals

January 16, 2014

Mike McLean

Spokane's two largest hospitals, both located on Spokane's lower South Hill, are planning sizable expansion and remodel projects this year with a total value of $13.4 million, records on file with the city of Spokane show. In one project, Providence

Health care, manufacturing lead North Idaho rebound

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December 19, 2013

Mike McLean

Health care, manufacturing, tourism, and real estate are among current growth industries in Kootenai County that are expected to continue to improve in the new year, sources in North Idaho say. Alivia Metts, Post Falls-based regional labor economist for

Despite uncertainties, health care sector executives are optimistic

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December 19, 2013

Kim Crompton

Health care executives appear mostly upbeat about the vitality of that sector here in the coming year, despite continuing national uncertainty related to the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. 'We're going to continue to be really in

Inland Northwest economy continues to make positive strides

While some industries face challenges, others report return to prerecession levels

December 19, 2013

Linn Parish

In some sectors of the Inland Northwest economy, activity levels are returning to prerecession levels, welcome news that comes none too soon for economic observers. In overall employment, Spokane-area economists are expecting job growth next year, though

In-home care services company moves, launches training center

Visiting Angels in Valley provides aides to clients, adds division for classes

December 19, 2013

Treva Lind

The owner of the Spokane Valley franchise of Visiting Angels, which offers in-home care services, has moved to larger quarters in the Valley and has opened a training center. Trondheim LLC, the Spokane Valley-based franchisee company owned by Cindy Jo

NW MedStar boosts its fleet with $9 million purchase

Air ambulance provider to operate six helicopters once new aircraft arrives

December 5, 2013

Treva Lind

Northwest MedStar, the Spokane-based air ambulance service operated by nonprofit Inland Northwest Health Services, expects to take delivery early next year of the second of two helicopters it has bought this year. The first twin-engine EC-135 helicopter

Addiction treatment center focuses on whole family

Harmony Grove emphasizes neurobiology, trauma counseling, empathetic care

December 5, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane Valley addiction center Harmony Grove Counseling is offering recovery services not only to those with addiction issues, but for addicts' families as well, says Joe Terhaar, the owner and administrator of Harmony Grove. "We provide counseling tha

Newman Lake couple builds first-aid supply business

Action Medical, founded in '96, now serves more than 3,000 employers

December 5, 2013

Treva Lind

A couple who needed jobs in the latter 1990s have built up a home-based, first-aid supply business here into a growing enterprise that now serves more than 3,000 employers across three states and employs five other people. Their company, Action Medical,