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Why Seattle Children's appealed
Seattle Children’s Hospital filed an appeal last year against the Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner because hospital officials are upset that the OIC approved several health...
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Economy of Sin: New pot merchants make their pitch to soccer moms
After raising $200,000 and spending months zigzagging through Washington state’s fast-evolving cannabis rule book, Pete O’Neil is trying to open three marijuana stores. The C&C brand name of his...
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My 5 favorite stories from May: Whistleblower intrigue and medical school dramas
Looking back at May, I can’t believe all that news happened in one month. I decided to pull together my favorite stories from May to recap the biggest happenings in Washington’s health care industry....
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Insurance Commissioner hires independent judge to take over whistleblower’s...
The state Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) has hired an independent judge to take over agency appeals, including a high-profile case Seattle Children’s Hospital is currently pursuing....
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Whistleblower judge says she inadvertently leaked documents
A judge on paid leave from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner has admitted to leaking a copy of her own whistleblower report – but she says it was an accident. In a letter dated May 27, Chief...
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Whistleblower judge to break her silence as insurance office fight continues
Patricia Petersen, a judge at the center of an ongoing inquiry at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC), will break her silence later this month to testify before members of the state Senate...
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Allen Institute for Brain Science wins $3.4M for Alzheimer’s research
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has won a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Alzheimer’s research. Allen Institute will use the funding to map connectivity...
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43 percent rise in assisted suicide prescriptions under Washington’s Death...
The number of people who received prescriptions for assisted suicide under Washington’s Death with Dignity Act rose 43 percent in 2013 compared to 2012. By the end of 2013, 89 different doctors had...
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Seattle's Kineta helps launch investment group to speed drug development
An international partnership that includes Seattle-based biotech Kineta Inc. has created a new company with a unique approach to accelerating the development of new drug candidates. The new company,...
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Whistleblower judge picks influential lawyer
Former state Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge has been tapped to represent a whistleblower judge fighting to keep her job at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. His client is Patricia...
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The PSBJ Interview: UW Medicine in era of health reform
D r. Paul Ramsey has been at the helm as UW Medicine has weathered the challenges of health care reform, and he has overseen the system’s expansion as it affiliates with other hospitals in the region....
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Two victims of Seattle Pacific University shooting are recovering at Harborview
Two of the victims of Thursday’s shooting at Seattle Pacific University were still recovering at Harborview Medical Center on Friday. One man was killed in the incident. A 19-year-old female was...
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Big raises aren't just for Wall Street: Seattle hospital executive salaries...
One of the main goals of the Affordable Care Act was to rein in health care costs. Despite that, some health executives in Washington state still landed significant raises in 2013, according to data...
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UW Medical Center residents seek better pay, consider forming a union
Top executives in health care tend to make big money, as do many physicians. But before they do, new doctors spend many years in school acquiring debt, followed by years in low-paying (and highly...
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Dendreon CEO to step down after challenges with prostate cancer drug
Seattle-based Dendreon Corporation publicly announced Monday the resignation of its president and CEO John Johnson. Company officials said in a release that Johnson was leaving for personal reasons,...
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In wake of whistleblower judge case, legislators consider reforms
State lawmakers are looking for legislative answers to the question of whether administrative law judges in Washington are given the independence they need to rule fairly. The issue first became a...
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Premera files motion to throw out rulings by whistleblower judge
The ongoing saga between a whistleblowing judge and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner could force Seattle Children’s Hospital to start over its appeal to be included in more Washington state...
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Did the Office of the Insurance Commissioner try to bar whistleblower judge...
Attorneys representing a whistleblower judge said they are concerned that the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) is trying to block her from testifying before the Senate Law and Justice...
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Kineta helps start group of 5 biotech partners
Seattle-based biotech Kineta Inc. was founded on the principle of getting faster returns for investors — without selling the company. Now the company is taking another new approach to the biotech...
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UW Medicine, Providence/Swedish win huge Boeing health contracts
UW Medicine and Providence Health & Services have each struck a new kind of deal with Boeing that will funnel the care of many of its employees to networks established by the systems. Each health...
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