Denver-based DaVita Inc. has started a $1.3 million renovation project to convert a portion of a retail building at 7701 N. Division into a dialysis and kidney care clinic where DaVita plans to move its North Side clinic, says Kristin Videto, a Federal Wa

Community Health Systems Inc., the Tennessee-based hospital operator that owns Rockwood Health System here, has reported a $79 million third-quarter net loss, compared with net income of $52 million for the same period last year. Investor confidence in t

Besides colder weather and pumpkin carving, October also brings the beginning of the employee benefits open enrollment season. Nearly 40 percent of Washington state employers renew their employee benefit plans on Jan. 1, causing an intense surge in huma

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

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,” says the messa

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