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Health Care

—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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—Virginia Thomas

Inland Northwest Blood Center looks to solve drop in demand

Hospitals are buying less blood as cost-savings measure, center CEO says
September 11, 2014
Virginia Thomas
Spokane-based nonprofit Inland Northwest Blood Center is endeavoring to maintain revenue while hospital demand for blood is decreasing and donations of blood are declining. INBC President and CEO Jeff Bryant says that as hospitals look to cut costs, buy
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—Mike McLean

Washington Alliance of Teaching Physicians plugs creation of medical school in Spokane

UW alone doesn't satisfy state's needs, group says
September 11, 2014
Mike McLean
The Washington Alliance of Teaching Physicians is stepping up its efforts to support a fully accredited medical school in Spokane, say Spokane physicians Jeremy Graham and Henry Mroch, spokesmen for the ad hoc group. Representatives of ATP, which is made
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INHS CEO Tom Fritz to retire

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September 4, 2014
Staff Report
Inland Northwest Health Services CEO Tom Fritz will retire at the end of this year, the organization announced today. Fritz, 62, has served as CEO of INHS for 16 years. The organization, which operates St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, Northwest M
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Suit by former Rockwood Clinic CFO gets green light

Exec claims he was let go for not understating losses
August 28, 2014
Kim Crompton
A former chief financial officer for Rockwood Clinic PS who claims he essentially was fired for refusing to doctor an earnings projection for the big health provider network here can proceed to trial with his lawsuit for wrongful discharge, an appellate c
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Children's Home Society opens North Side mental health facility

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August 14, 2014
Staff Report
The Children's Home Society of Washington, a Seattle-based child-advocacy nonprofit, has opened a mental health office in the Northeast Community Center, at 4001 N. Cook. The office will provide children and families in north Spokane greater access to
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