SPOKANE (AP) — A Spokane cardiologist has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging he overbilled Medicaid and Medicare for tests he did not perform on developmentally disabled patients.
Dr. Romeo Pavlic has been practicing in the Spokane area since 1980...
OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says say that a nonpartisan analysis of the Republican plan to replace the national health care law "confirms our worst fears."
Monday's report by the Congressional Budget Office projects that 14 million people nationwide would lose coverage next year under the House bill dismantling former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act...
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OLYMPIA (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee says that health care discussions at a weekend meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C. were "very troubling, very disturbing and not at all reassuring."
Inslee spoke with reporters by phone Monday on the last day of the gathering...
OLYMPIA (AP) — The first bill to clear the Washington state Legislature this year will allow tribes access to federal dollars when using midlevel dental care providers, known as dental therapists.
The News Tribune says Senate Bill 5079 sponsored by state Sen...
SEATTLE (AP) — The assisted living chain Emeritus Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle claims that it overbilled state and federal governments for Medicaid services.
Seattle U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes said Monday the company will pay $587,000 to the federal government and nearly $392,000 to be split among 18 states where the company had facilities...
SEATTLE (AP) — The state attorney general's office has announced a national pharmaceutical company accused of underpaying drug rebates owed to Medicaid will pay Washington $22.9 million.
A statement from the state's legal office Thursday says Wyeth, owned by drugmaker Pfizer, Inc...
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed an acting secretary for the Department of Social and Health Services while a national search begins for a permanent leader.
Inslee appointed Patricia Lashway to the post Wednesday. She...