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Union cites 18 percent raise for EvergreenHealth CEO as it seeks better wages
Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1199 will hold a rally today in Kirkland, objecting to what they consider inadequate wages and staffing at EvergreenHealth Medical Center....
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Longtime leader Martha Choe will leave Gates Foundation
Martha Choe, a longtime executive at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is stepping down from the influential Seattle-based foundation, which has paid out more than $30 billion in grants since it...
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Gates Foundation CFO Henriques to step down
The chief financial officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is stepping down after four years with the organization. Dick Henriques is credited with improving the process for making and...
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Fired up: Marijuana businessman sues Washington Liquor Control Board
A marijuana businessman is suing the Washington State Liquor Control Board, arguing the agency rejected his retail pot application over a minor technicality, putting him and his partners at risk of...
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Deal between Catholic system PeaceHealth and 2 hospitals falls apart
A deal between Catholic hospital system PeaceHealth and two northwest Washington hospitals has ground to a halt, according to an internal memo from PeaceHealth CEO Nancy Steiger. “Our original thought...
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PeaceHealth names new senior executive
Catholic hospital system PeaceHealth announced it has named Beth O’Brien to the position of chief operating officer (COO). O’Brien will join PeaceHealth, ending her current role as vice president and...
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Investigative report vindicates insurance chief's deputy in whistleblower case
Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s top deputy was exonerated from accusations of misconduct in an investigative report released this week. Patricia Petersen, an administrative law judge for the...
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Boeing pulls back the curtain on its new health plan options for workers
Boeing workers are getting their first glimpse of the aerospace company’s vision for the future of employee health care. A new website provides information on what the new health plan provisions will...
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Republican senator cries ‘foul’ on whistleblower judge investigation
Republican Sen. Randi Becker is questioning the independence of an investigator who was hired to look into claims of wrongdoing at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). A report released last...
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The unlikely story of how Obamacare penalties benefit long-term care facilities
One of the lesser-known provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is paying off in a big way for long-term care and rehabilitation facilities — and for the patients who are sent there to finish their...
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Hospitals get help so patients can escape the revolving door of readmissions
The shift hasn’t been subtle. Almost every aspect of hospitals' discharge and patient follow-up systems has been remade, said Dr. Eric Troyer. The reason? A provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
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New leadership at the top for Group Health Physicians
Group Health Physicians has named a new president and chief medical executive: Dr. Steve Tarnoff, a physician who has been with the organization for more than 30 years. Tarnoff replaces Dr. Michael...
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Amgen to close Washington state operations; 660 jobs on the line
Amgen is cutting 12-to-15 percent of its workforce over the next year, and will be closing its facilities in Seattle and Bothell. Officials said they plan to eliminate between 2,400 and 2,900 jobs. In...
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Washington gets $1.9 million from feds to help mothers and babies at home
Washington state will receive $1,891,214 to expand a program that gives new mothers and infants help at home – even before the baby is born. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews...
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Weaving HIV protection: UW researchers use fabric to protect women against...
University of Washington bioengineers have developed a technology that could help better protect women from contracting HIV. The secret is using a new fabric to deliver high doses of a drug currently...
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Swedish Cancer Institute-led consortium gets $6.6M to help patients access...
A cancer research consortium led by Swedish Cancer Institute received a $6.6 million grant Tuesday to help more patients obtain cancer treatment and get into clinical trials across a five-state region....
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I lived the future of health care
I have been covering health care at the Puget Sound Business Journal for nearly three years, but only recently did I have the opportunity to see the future of the industry in action. I had a pretty...
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Amgen’s departure isn’t necessarily the harbinger of doom for Seattle biotech
Last week’s news that Amgen would uproot itself from Washington state – taking 660 jobs with it – was devastating to many in the Seattle biotech industry, particularly those who work there. But it...
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Washington’s high court says psychiatric boarding is unlawful
Psychiatric boarding – the practice of detaining patients with mental health problems without treatment because of limited psychiatric beds – is unlawful, according to a unanimous opinion the...
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Don’t call it a death panel: Providence wants to change the conversation...
Providence Health & Services believes there is such a thing as a good death. The Renton-based institution wants its doctors to be able to talk to patients about what that means to each individual...
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