Hospital credentialing process to come before lawmakers 
POSTED: Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 11:51 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Christine Neuhoff, H. Ray Harrison, Health Care, Idaho Hospital Association, Idaho Medical Association, Idaho Supreme Court, John Rusche, Julie Anderson, Peer Review, Saint Alphonsus, Saint Luke's, Steve Millard
Lawmakers will be asked this winter to preserve a key component of physician credentialing: the peer review carried out by physicians’ colleagues. At issue is the confidentiality of the reviews. A 2009 Idaho Supreme Court decision took hospitals by surprise when it revealed that results of credentialing decisions could be used in lawsuits. That ruling [...]
Hygienists sign on to new education model
POSTED: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 10:28 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Health Care, Idaho Hygienists' Association
Idaho hygienists support a new hygienist model called Advanced Dental Health Provider. The ADHP would require advanced education, possibly similar to a two-year master’s degree. Practitioners would be able to provide some restorative health services, such as tooth extractions. Hygienists associations in several other states are working with very similar proposals. Liz Nies, president of the Idaho [...]
Ballot measure prompts hospital association campaign
POSTED: Friday, October 15, 2010 at 04:46 PM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Health Care, hospitals, Idaho Hospital Association
The Idaho Hospital Association is running its largest political campaign ever to support HJR4, a ballot measure that would affect how Idaho’s public hospitals can borrow money. IHA spent $22,193 campaigning as of Oct. 10, according to papers filed with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office. That sum is sure to rise as the IHA [...]
Two Idaho employers cited as best places to work in healthcare
POSTED: Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 09:21 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Health Care, Idaho Emergency Physicians, Kootenai Health, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, West Valley Medical Center
Pay, time-off policies and other programs have put Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene and Idaho Emergency Physicians in Boise on Modern Healthcare‘s Best Places to Work in Healthcare list. Modern Healthcare magazine surveyed hospitals on traditional indicators like benefits and on newer areas such as wellness programs, environmental stewardship, and family-friendly policies. Kootenai has a [...]
Oregon hospital seeks partnership with St. Luke’s, Saint Al’s
POSTED: Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 02:45 PM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Grande Rond Hospital, Health Care, Saint Alphonsus, St. Luke's
The 25-bed Grande Rond Hospital in Oregon has requested proposals from the St. Luke’s and Saint Alphonsus Health Systems for partnerships. The two health systems have until Oct. 15 to submit proposals, said Lynn Harris, DMD, the chairman of the hospital’s board, in a piece published in the local paper and sent to both hospitals. [...]
Oregon, Idaho hospitals take on Saint Alphonsus name change
POSTED: Monday, September 13, 2010 at 04:24 PM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Health Care, Saint Alphonsus
Hospitals in Ontario and Baker City, Ore., and Nampa will change their names Sept. 15 to reflect their new affiliation with Saint Alphonsus Health System. Mercy Medical Center in Nampa will become Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa. Mercy North will become Saint Alphonsus Nampa Health Plaza. Holy Rosary Medical Center in Ontario, Ore., will [...]
Former U.S. House hopeful named Idaho hospital CEO
POSTED: Friday, September 10, 2010 at 10:34 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: City of Coeur d'Alene, Health Care
Former U.S. House hopeful Vaughn Ward has been appointed CEO of a northern Idaho hospital. Ward, a Republican who lost to tea party favorite Raul Labrador in the Idaho primary three months ago, will start his new job at Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls on Sept. 27. Ward told the Coeur d’Alene Press he [...]
IBR unveils 2010 Health Care Heroes honorees
POSTED: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 12:34 PM PTBY: Steve Martin
Tags: Health Care, Health Care Heroes, Idaho Business Review
The Idaho Business Review has announced the recipients of the 2010 Idaho Health Care Heroes awards. Now in its fifth year, the Health Care Heroes program recognizes the invaluable contributions made by individuals and organizations in the health care field statewide. Joining the IBR in this effort is longtime partner Idaho State University. Other program [...]
Medicaid payor head addresses payment delays
POSTED: Monday, August 23, 2010 at 06:07 PM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Health Care, Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Medicaid, Molina Healthcare
J. Mario Molina, the physician who is the head of Idaho’s Medicaid provider, apologized in person Aug. 23 for his company’s delay in making payments to thousands of Idaho health care providers. Molina, the president and CEO of Molina Healthcare Inc., held a press conference with Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter in Boise where he promised [...]
Health industry leaders watch, wait as reform unfolds
POSTED: Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Health Care, Idaho Business Review, PacificSource, roundtable, Saint Alphonsus
As the director of PacificSource Health Plans in Boise, Dave Self hears a lot of questions about the health reform passed by Congress in March and now making its way into public policy. Most of the questions come from business owners, who ask Self how much the end product of reform will cost them. It’s [...]
