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UW wary as WSU examines its own medical school
Washington State University has taken a major step toward opening a medical school in Spokane, a pursuit that has officials at the University of Washington on edge. WSU used private funds to commission...
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Seattle heavyweights take their shot at food allergy research
UW Medicine Allergy, Virginia Mason Allergy, Seattle Children’s Hospital and other Seattle institutions are working together to establish a network of researchers focused on food allergies. The Seattle...
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Swedish's price cuts attract attention in California
Seattle’s Swedish hospital network is getting attention in other cities for its move to slash outpatient prices by an average of 35 percent, reported in the Puget Sound Business Journal in March. Our...
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Buying in: A marijuana lottery loser gets back into the game
It’s been a week of ups and downs for Pete O’Neil and investors in his retail marijuana business, but late Tuesday they closed a deal to acquire Bremerton-based Better Bud LLC — and its winning spot in...
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Larry Corey to step down as president of Fred Hutch to focus on vaccine research
Dr. Larry Corey is resigning from his role as president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to focus on HIV and herpes vaccine research. Corey’s last day will be June 30. He will...
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Businesses weigh in: Twice Sold Tales on minimum wage
The used book business is tough these days. Twice Sold Tales founder and owner Jamie Lutton often has customers trying to negotiate a lower price for books that cost only a few dollars. Other times...
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Analysis: UW wary of WSU’s wish for Spokane medical school
Washington State University officials are exploring whether to open a medical school on its Spokane campus. Officials at the University of Washington School of Medicine have raised concerns about what...
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Hard work pays off for Seattle SIDS researcher
After years of persevering despite naysayers, a Seattle Children’s Hospital physician’s effort to solve the mystery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is finally paying off with an $85,000 grant from the...
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Insurance regulators remove whistle-blower judge in Seattle Children’s case
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) has placed an administrative judge on paid leave after she blew the whistle, accusing the agency’s second-in-command of inappropriately trying to...
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Medical drama: UW, WSU wrangle over a second medical school
Washington State University’s interest in opening its own medical school has ignited a turf war with the University of Washington. So far, the public conversation is polite. Yet, not far beneath the...
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Insurance chief's ouster of whistleblower judge raises questions
Lawmakers and several members of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange expressed dismay Friday about how the state’s insurance regulator is handling accusations from a whistleblower judge within the...
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Insurance chief Kreidler remains silent on whistleblower judge's claims
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is refusing to say whether he objects to the behavior described by a whistleblower judge who claims a senior agency official inappropriately tried to...
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‘Working Survivor’ resonates over the year
Puget Sound Business Journal Staff Photographer Anthony Bolante and I shared a first-place award in health reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists for the western region. The story was...
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Whistleblower fight heats up
Patricia Petersen has worked as an attorney for the Office of the Insurance Commissioner for nearly 30 years. She’s been the agency’s sole administrative law judge for the past 19. But on May 14, a day...
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Turned away: Washington exchange glitches create problems for patients
Insurance companies estimate that 15 percent of people who have purchased health plans through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange are hitting technical errors that are creating obstacles to...
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Harrison Medical Center may move hospital care to Silverdale
Officials at Harrison Medical Center are weighing whether to close the Bremerton hospital’s inpatient services and consolidate them at the Silverdale campus, nine miles away. They are also considering...
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Insurance regulators try to delay Seattle Children’s case amid whistleblower...
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) is seeking to delay the hearing in a Seattle Children’s Hospital appeal while the agency sorts out legal issues related to the removal of the...
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Exchange board members concerned about 2015: Can Healthplanfinder sustain...
Board members for the Washington state Health Benefit Exchange have expressed anxiety about the lack of details so far on the Healthplanfinder’s 2015 budget – the first year that the online marketplace...
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Uncovering the mystery of the Office Depot tipster in the whistleblower judge...
Office Depot employee Timothy Snyder will take center stage Wednesday in Olympia to talk about his small role in a potentially explosive investigation at the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner...
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2 lawmakers add judge independence to agenda amid whistleblower fight
Two Washington lawmakers have taken an interest in administrative law judges within state agencies amid a controversy over a whistleblower judge now on paid leave from the Office of the Insurance...
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