Premera Blue Cross has eliminated 33 positions in its Spokane operation as part of a larger restructuring in which the Mountlake Terrace, Wash-based health plan provider has confirmed the layoff of 165 employees in all. Tom Messick, vice president and g

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based national reference laboratory, had another strong year in 2015, experiencing requisition volume growth of 7 percent, says Patty Sipes, PAML's senior vice president of sales, marketing and

In its year-end financial results, CHS reported a fourth-quarter loss of $83 million, or 73 cents per share, compared with net income of $100 million, or 88 cents per share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue in the fourth quarter also fell slightly to

Health insurance costs per employee have risen by close to two-thirds over the past 10 years, and employers have more reasons than ever to try to control health care expenses. Indeed, for a long time, many of them have understood the importance of impleme

Bringing together health care industry representatives from Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Alaska, the annual Northwest Rural Health Conference will be held Tuesday, March 15, to Thursday, March 17, at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokan

Optometrist Dr. Clay Evans has purchased the Eye Care Team practice in downtown Spokane from longtime owner Dr. Rick Kellogg. Evans took over ownership on Jan. 1. He declines to disclose the purchase price for the practice, which operates in 4,000 square

Excelsior Youth Center, one of Spokane's largest behavioral-health nonprofits, has changed leadership, transitioning to a new chief executive officer for the first time in the 34 years since its founding. Robert Faltermeyer, founding CEO of Excelsior Y