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Hospital commissioners address community over massive debt crisis
RITZVILLE, Wash. — Hospital commissioners faced a packed room of concerned community members and staff at a town hall on Saturday, revealing the financial chaos threatening East Adams County Rural Healthcare Hospital’s future. The hospital has a $13 million debt, largely accumulated over the last three years. The...
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Hospital commissioners address community over massive debt crisis
RITZVILLE, Wash. — Hospital commissioners faced a packed room of concerned community members and staff at a town hall on Saturday, revealing the financial chaos threatening East Adams County Rural Healthcare Hospital's future.
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Seattle-based provider buys vacant building to open in-patient facility
A Seattle-based health care provider has bought a new and unused health clinic and is planning to use it for its own in-patient services beginning in spring 2026. Aristo Healthcare received two grants in 2022 totaling $5 million from the state Department of Commerce as part of a five-year plan to modernize and transform mental health services in the state and relieve capacity issues at the state’s two large mental health hospitals. The health care provider at the time said it intended to build its own facility, calling it Tri-City Nueva Esperanza.
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Voters Reject Levy Lid Lift for Mattawa Clinic Expansion; Falls by Nearly 73%
MATTAWA — In what proved to be a decisive outcome, voters in Grant County Public Hospital District No. 5 (doing business as the Mattawa Community Medical Clinic) rejected Proposition No. 1, a proposed levy‐lid lift aimed at expanding healthcare services and facilities in the district. The measure drew 229 total votes, with just 62 (27.07 percent) voting to approve and 167 (72.93 percent) voting to reject.
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Grace Clinic receives grant to expand mental health services
The Tri-Cities’ fully free health care provider has received a big lift to expand its ability to serve the mental health needs of its hundreds of clients. Cambia Health Foundation recently awarded a $40,000 grant to Grace Clinic to train new mental health counselors who will provide approximately 800 free counseling sessions to more than 200 clients, according to a release. Those counselors, who will be interns pursuing master’s degrees, will be mentored by Dr. Cynthia Prezler, the clinic’s director of counseling.
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Rural patients face higher costs as doctors join hospital systems, Richland medical director weighs in
RICHLAND, Wash. – Nearly half of doctors' offices have become part of hospital systems, leading to increased costs and reduced services, particularly in rural areas, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. This trend shows a significant rise in the number of independent physician offices absorbed into hospital...
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Kadlec opens new clinic to improve follow-up care access in Richland
RICHLAND, Wash. – Kadlec has launched a new outpatient practice aimed at improving follow-up care for adults discharged from Kadlec Regional Medical Center or its emergency departments. The Kadlec Clinic Bridge Care, located in the Corrado Building on Kadlec's main campus, focuses on patients who lack a primary care...
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Kadlec opens outpatient clinic for hospital discharges
With many patients treated at its hospital and emergency rooms struggling to get in with providers after being discharged, the region’s biggest health care system has established an outpatient clinic to ensure those patients are cared for following that transition. Kadlec Clinic Bridge Care, located in the Corrado Building...
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'I don’t sleep well at night.' Washington’s rural hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts, possible closures
About two years ago, Elise Severe was getting her middle daughter, Maddie, ready for kindergarten, brushing her hair, when Maddie said she didn’t feel well. “Then her head tilted back, and you could see her eyes go back, and all of the color just went away,” Severe said. “Her lips were dark gray.”
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Kadlec trims therapy services as financial pressures mount
Kadlec Regional Medical Center's therapy services are cutting staff, as the regional hospital in Richland follows staffing reductions made at other Providence facilities in response to financial pressures. The full-time equivalent of 5.5 staff working in physical, speech and occupational therapy are being laid off at the Kadlec Healthplex, hospital...