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The Idaho Technology Council (ITC) has two initiatives underway to help both large and small companies progress. Bio Health Alliance The first is the Idaho Bio Health Alliance, which has not been formally announced but has been ongoing for a ...

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POCATELLO – Blackfoot-based Bingham Healthcare has opened a new 1st Choice-branded urgent care clinic in Pocatello. The clinic is at 1595 Bannock Highway, a street also known locally as S. Main St., located south of old downtown but north of Portneuf. ...

POCATELLO – An internship program at Idaho State University (ISU) hopes to keep graduates in Idaho by preparing them for jobs. The program, Career Path Internships (CPI), now in its 10th year, has provided more than 7,000 internships to students, ...

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Healthgrades has placed both St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center and St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center on its list of the nation’s top 50 hospitals. The health care marketing, rating and medical directory firm issued its 2020 lists of top hospitals ...

With Washington raising its minimum wage from $12 to $13.50 at the beginning of the year, some Idaho employers along the border can’t compete. In Post Falls, Northwest Specialty Hospital Human Relations Director Christopher Gregg told KREM Channel 2 that ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on Jan. 28 that it will cut 2020 payments to 10 Idaho hospitals with high readmission rates. Two of those hospitals, Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls and St. Joseph Regional ...

MERIDIAN – As part of its value-based care initiative, Blue Cross of Idaho is using artificial intelligence to notify primary care providers when patients are at risk of developing serious health issues. The project has been under development for almost a ...

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Chris Roth officially became the new president and CEO of St. Luke’s Health System on Feb. 1, replacing Dr. David Pate, who retired after a 10-year tenure. “St. Luke’s is such a valued community asset,” Roth said. “I appreciate the ...

Idaho Billionaire Frank VanderSloot is lobbying legislators to back legislation requiring doctors and medical facilities to make their patient bills timely and clear — and limit how much attorneys can get paid for helping collect medical debt under certain circumstances. ...

Six Idaho hospitals received five-star rankings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Also hiding in the updated rankings, released Jan. 28, is another good result: out of the 228 worst-performing hospitals in the nation, none were in Idaho. There ...