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—Judith Spitzer

Women veteran in Spokane seeking aid for depression, PTSD

Military sexual trauma also common in female vets
October 9, 2014
Judith Spitzer
In 2008, when Cindy Jayne, 52, retired after serving 22 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve, she was angry, depressed, drinking heavily, and had threatened suicide more than once. She wasn't technically homeless, she says, but she spent the better part of a
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Spokane medical-benefits broker to add new division

VEBA planning to hire six employees initially
September 25, 2014
Katie Ross
Spokane medical benefit broker VEBA Service Group is planning to open a call center division here on Jan. 1, says Mark Wilkerson, area president for VEBA. The company, located in 8,400 square feet of space at 906 W. Second downtown, will be hiring six c
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WSU's University District Health Clinic gets green light

$16.25 million project set to get started yet this year
September 25, 2014
Katie Ross
The Washington State University Board of Regents has approved the sale of up to $16.25 million in revenue bonds, to be used for the design and construction of its planned University District Health Clinic, east of downtown Spokane. The two-story, 42,000
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—Mike McLean

$19.2 million expansion at Sacred Heart advances - Art Only

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September 11, 2014
Mike McLean

Providence Holy Family in mediation with union

Nurses' wages said to lag behind Sacred Heart's
September 11, 2014
Judith Spitzer
The Seattle-based Washington State Nurses Association, which represents more than 400 registered nurses at Providence Holy Family Hospital in north Spokane, are in mediation talks with hospital administrators over pay that they contend lags behind that of
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—Kim Crompton

Insurance broker aims to simplify Obamacare

Welk writes book, creates website to aid consumers
September 11, 2014
Kim Crompton
Independent insurance broker Robert S. Welk, who owns Welk Security & Trust on Spokane's North Side, isn't interested in offering his personal views on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as the Affordable Care Act or O
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—Linn Parish

Sacred Heart adds recently approved surgical robot

Newer technology can be used on more procedures
September 11, 2014
Linn Parish
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has bought and installed the newest generation of the DaVinci robotic surgery device, a machine that' it expects will enable it to perform surgeries it hadn't been able to do robotically.
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—Katie Ross

New employer-owned health care plan launches here

Alternative offering stresses primary care, overall health
September 11, 2014
Katie Ross
Spokane-based Rockwood Health System has partnered with Cary, N.C.-based health care technology company Physician Care Direct to offer its Employer Health Ownership Plan (EHOP) here as an alternative to traditional third-party health insurance plans.
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Health plans in state rise dramatically in second year

Board approves 82 options, up from 46 in first enrollment
September 11, 2014
Staff Report
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange board of directors last month provided final certification of Qualified Health Plans to be offered through Washington Healthplanfinder during the second open enrollment period.
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Spokane Eye Clinic plans to move its Spokane Valley office

Practice leases big space in River View Corporate Ctr.
September 11, 2014
Mike McLean
Spokane Eye Clinic PS and affiliate Spokane Optical Co. plan to move their Valley operations to the River View Corporate Center, says Lisa Werner, a spokeswoman for the clinic. Together, the longtime Spokane-based medical practice and the optical shop wi
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