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The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has proposed two new rules under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aimed at cracking down on heath care fraud and protecting businesses and workers whose health benefits are provided through ...

Boise chiropractor Dr. Jason Watson is hoping to heal patients and set his practice apart by offering a super-cold treatment called whole body cryotherapy. The therapy has been used by topflight athletes in hopes of speeding recuperation from tough workouts. ...

A jury has ordered a Boise hospital to pay $52 million to an MRI company for violating a partnership agreement it had with the company. The award is one of the largest to ever come out of the Idaho district ...

Legislation that would streamline the regulatory process for some medical devices has been filed in the U.S. Senate. The Medical Device Regulatory Improvement Act, S. 1700, introduced by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., would ...

Officials broke ground Oct. 5 on a new medical school building at Washington State University’s Spokane campus. The $70 million building is intended to produce more doctors for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho will also be the new home of a ...

It took Nancy Casperson 30 tries to conquer her smoking habit. Then she founded Quit and Live Global, an organization devoted to helping people quit. So far, she’s worked with more than 10,000 tobacco users and helped nearly 4,000 kick ...

It may be lights out for lighting up in Boise bars and parks. The Boise City Council is moving forward with plans to extend the smoking tobacco ban to include bars, parks, private clubs and tobacco shops. The city council ...

Hundreds of Idaho dentists will see fees from one Delta Dental of Idaho plan cut by an average 8 percent in November. The insurance company, which is the market leader in the state, hopes the savings will spur more employers ...

A movement to keep electronic cigarettes away from young people is growing among health educators in northern Idaho, and Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls, said he’s considering sponsoring legislation to that end next year. The group of state health districts ...

St. Luke’s Health System is surveying the Jerome community to see how residents feel about a plan to merge St. Luke’s with St. Benedict’s Family Medical Center. But the move could be approved Sept. 27 when the the St. Luke’s ...