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Washington health exchange seeks $92 million grant for 2014
Washington state's health exchange is seeking a $92 million federal grant to pay for technological improvements and other consulting services next year. That would more than double the current $64.8...
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CEO of Washington health exchange receives 13 percent raise
The board of the Washington state health exchange voted Wednesday to give CEO Richard Onizuka a 13 percent raise based on his performance review. Onizuka was earning $157,000 per year, exchange...
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State workers start processing marijuana license applications
Washington state officials have started the historic process of licensing producers, processors and retail sellers of marijuana now that it's legal for recreational use. On Wednesday morning, state...
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Paul Allen’s foundation grants $2.4 million for brain injury research
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awarded $2.4 million to a team of Seattle researchers who want to better understand traumatic brain injuries. Researchers from the University of Washington and the...
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72 percent of Washington hospitals face Medicare penalties
Thirty-four hospitals in Washington state, including six in Seattle, will have their Medicare payments cut based on federal quality measures that are supposed to control costs and improve care. The...
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Cascade Valley Hospital signs deal to affiliate with Catholic PeaceHealth system
In the latest partnership between a public hospital district and a religious health organization, Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington is moving forward with plans to affiliate with Catholic-run...
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Fight over Catholic hospitals in Washington moves to Olympia
The growing dominance of Catholic hospital systems in Washington state has become a contentious topic in recent months, and on Tuesday the state's Department of Health will hear from the public on the...
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$187M donation creates trust for Seattle Children's Hospital, UW law school...
A Seattle philanthropist has left a $187.6 million gift to be shared by Seattle Children’s Hospital, the University of Washington School of Law and the Salvation Army. Jack Rupert MacDonald, a...
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Working survivor: moving beyond treatment with a certificate and a tattoo
At the end of her last day of chemotherapy, the nurses presented Aubrei McGinn with a certificate commemorating her last dose. It was a subdued but celebratory day in March for the breast cancer...
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Survivor at work: Colleagues and children make room for one employee’s year...
It was easier to explain to the kids. “Miss Aubrei, why are you bald?” they would ask. “My medicine — remember?” she would remind them. “Oh, yeah!” And that was it. But when Aubrei McGinn talked with...
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Working survivor: a series on what happens when a team member gets cancer
For six months, I looked for someone who would share the story of balancing a life-changing cancer diagnosis with a career. I wanted to write about the impact of cancer on employees and the workplace....
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Group Health will run clinics at Bartell Drugs pharmacies
Group Health Cooperative and Bartell Drugs have closed a deal to open three in-store clinics at Bartell pharmacies in Seattle and Bellevue. Retail clinics staffed by Group Health are expected to open...
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Virginia Mason shows new branding, opens University Village clinic
Virginia Mason Medical Center introduced its refreshed brand when it opened a new clinic in Seattle's University Village shopping center this week. The Seattle hospital system introduced the new logo...
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Cancer in the closet at work: why survivors won't go public
I never assumed it would be easy to talk about cancer, but in the era of Pink Octobers, Living Strong and Movember mustaches for prostate cancer awareness, I wasn’t prepared for the fear that still...
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UW Medicine data breach affects 90,000 patients
UW Medicine is notifying about 90,000 of its patients that their information was accessed during a security breach in October. The affected patients were treated at Harborview Medical Center and...
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Insurance chief Kreidler testifies before Congress on Obamacare
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler testified before Congress Wednesday about his decision to reject President Barack Obama’s attempt to keep his promise that people who like their...
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Gen. Colin Powell calls for universal health care in the U.S.
Former Secretary of State and longtime Republican Colin Powell is calling for a universal health care solution in the U.S. “We are a wealthy enough country with the capacity to make sure that every one...
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Gay marriages were 17 percent of Washington weddings: state numbers
One full year after Washington voters approved gay marriage, the numbers show same-sex couples accounted for about 17 percent of the weddings in the first 10 months their marriages were legal in the...
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