Another Major Tech Company Closes their WA State Location
Novanta is a high tech company that makes precision parts related to surgical procedures
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New Recovery, Counseling, Urgent Care Facility Opens in Kennewick
The new center will offer a wide range of counseling, addition recovery, mental health, and crisis services.
Swedish Medical Campuses in Seattle Vote to Unionize
All five campuses and 115 workers voted to unionize
Kadlec Now Offering Revolutionary Heart-Stroke Prevention Procedure
The Watchman device is implanted in the heart and can help eliminate strokes.
Northwest Medical Provider Slashes 241 Jobs Over “Financial Realities”
"Financial realities" refer to increasing costs and slower and less reimbursements, many resulting from the legislature cutting $782 million from Medicaid in various forms.
Scammers Targeting WA State Medical Providers, Say Officials
WA State Medical Commission says even forged papers and signatures are being used.
Amazon to Debut Pharmacy Kiosks in Selected Doctor’s Offices
The new kiosks will be located in the waiting rooms of selected clinics, starting in the LA area.
WA Paid Family Medical Leave Defecit to Hit $353M by 2029
WA is one of 13 states with some sort of PFML program, but is the worst financial shape of any of them.
WA Medical Cuts Claim Another Clinic, 55 Jobs to Go in November
Due to major cuts in Medicaid by the legislature, and reductions in reimbursements, another medical entity losing jobs.
Tri-City Clinic to Pay $2.8-Plus Million, for Fed. Overbilling Fraud
the company was charged with fraudulently billing Medicaid and Medicare