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• Facility now Deaconess Hospital

  October 27, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Deaconess Medical Center is undergoing a subtle name change to reflect its partnership with Rockwood Clinic. The two health care providers, along with Valley Hospital and Medical Center, have established …

• Providence’s purchase of heart centers derailed

  April 2, 2011 in City on Page A1 Providence Health Care’s plan to buy two large cardiology practices in Spokane may have been abandoned in the wake of a ruling by federal antitrust regulators. The Federal Trade Commission … 8

• INHS case reaches settlement

  March 11, 2011 in City on Page A5 Deaconess Medical Center has severed its 17-year partnership stake in Inland Northwest Health Services as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Thursday. The governing board of INHS will now be …

• Empire Health Foundation will distribute funds to combat obesity

  February 22, 2011 in City on Page A1 The region’s largest charitable foundation plans to spend $800,000 this year fighting obesity and addressing how Eastern Washington can best care for the mentally ill. In addition, the Empire Health … 8

• Patients caught in hospital politics

  December 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 These are the places where the fragility of life is on full display. Dozens of babies born months early, too little and too weak to breastfeed, their tiny lungs unable … 13

• Free medical services soar at region’s hospitals

  November 28, 2010 in City on Page B1 Spokane hospitals have given away $53.3 million worth of medical care to the poor during the first nine months of this year as job losses and wage and benefit cuts … 5

• Room for sick children now at Deaconess

  November 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 Deaconess Medical Center once again will treat children with influenza, pneumonia and other serious illnesses, reversing a decision five years ago to close its pediatric unit. “All of the employees … 1

• Tentative contract stops hospital strike

  August 12, 2010 in City on Page A5 Unionized health care workers at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center will vote on a new labor contract today and Friday. Details of the tentative agreement that … 1

• Hospitals, workers reach tentative agreement

  August 11, 2010 in City Unionized health care workers at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center will vote on a new labor contract Thursday and Friday. Details of the tentative agreement that … 48

• One-day strike expected at Deaconess and Valley

  August 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 Union employees are set to strike Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center today in a one-day action as contract negotiations lag. Negotiations were still in progress with … 1

• Workers at Deaconess, Valley hospitals vote to strike

  July 27, 2010 in City Union workers at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center have voted to authorize a one-day strike against the facilities because of alleged unfair labor practices. 19

• Hearing set for hospital-labor fight

  July 10, 2010 in City on Page B3 A labor fight pitting Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center against their unionized health care workers spills into a triallike hearing next week. The National Labor Relations …

• Rockwood Clinic stops fighting, starts moving

  May 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 Rockwood Clinic officials have decided to clear out of office and clinical space on the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus instead of fighting the hospital’s June 30 eviction notice. … 1

• Rockwood will vacate Sacred Heart campus

  May 12, 2010 Rockwood Clinic officials have decided to clear out of office and clinical space on the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus instead of fighting the hospital’s June 30 eviction notice. 1

• Board readies grant program

  April 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 The new Empire Health Foundation intends to distribute $1 million in grants this year to regional nonprofits. It will be the foundation’s first charitable action since its formation 19 months …

• Sacred Heart boots Rockwood

  February 27, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Rockwood Clinic will have to vacate 48,000 square feet of offices, patient exam rooms and surgery suites on the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus after failing to rework … 9

• Sacred Heart boots Rockwood from hospital offices

  February 26, 2010 in News, City The Rockwood Clinic will have to vacate 48,000 square feet of offices, patient exam rooms and surgery suites on the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus after failing to rework … 6

• Clinic sale details released

  February 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 Community Health Systems Inc. paid about $50 million to buy Spokane’s Rockwood Clinic from its 77 physician owners. Company executives disclosed the sales price for the first time Thursday during …

• Hospital impasse prompts bill

  February 3, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A dispute between Spokane’s two hospital systems spilled over into the legislative session Tuesday as a Senate panel considered changing a law that would determine how a judge … 1

• Deaconess, INHS temper latest clash

  January 16, 2010 in City on Page B1 Deaconess Medical Center and Inland Northwest Health Services have stepped back from a dispute over unpaid bills and financial records that threatened to disrupt the hospital’s use of electronic medical …

• INHS billing fight flares

  January 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 Inland Northwest Health Services plans to pull its electronic records staff out of Deaconess Medical Center as a multimillion dollar fight over unpaid bills worsens. Tom Fritz, chief executive of …

• Rockwood doctors OK sale

  December 24, 2009 in City on Page A5 Rockwood Clinic doctors voted Wednesday to sell their medical practice to Community Health Systems Inc. and form a close partnership with Deaconess Medical Center. The transaction will be finalized in … 1

• Group Health renews hospital pact

  December 21, 2009 in City on Page A6 Group Health Cooperative has renewed its contract to send all of its Spokane patients in need of hospitalization to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital. The contract … 1

• Rockwood vote coming up

  December 10, 2009 in City on Page A5 Rockwood Clinic physicians are poised to boost patient numbers at Deaconess Medical Center and make the hospital more competitive with Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. Rockwood’s 77 physician owners will …

• Community Health objects to suit

  November 13, 2009 in City on Page A8 The company that owns Deaconess Medical Center contends that a lawsuit filed against it last month by Spokane-based Inland Northwest Health Services should be tossed out by a judge. The …

• Sacred Heart’s CEO blasts Rockwood

  October 22, 2009 in City on Page A1 Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center’s chief executive charged Rockwood Clinic’s leaders with bad-faith dealings and ethical lapses the day after Rockwood stunned Spokane’s medical community by announcing it would align … 38

• Rockwood agrees to sale

  October 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 Community Health Systems Inc., the owner of Deaconess Medical Center, has struck a deal to buy the Rockwood Clinic, the Inland Northwest’s largest specialty medical provider. Terms of the deal … 5

• Owner of Deaconess sued

  October 7, 2009 in City on Page A1 Inland Northwest Health Services has sued the owner of Deaconess Medical Center, alleging breached contracts and bad faith dealings that imperil the region’s acclaimed electronic medical records network. The lawsuit … 2

• Hospital owner’s dispute with union to go before judge

  September 4, 2009 in City on Page A8 Almost a year of failed bargaining between Community Health Systems Inc. and its 1,100 unionized employees will be addressed in a hearing next month by an administrative law judge. The …

• Judge to hear hospital union’s complaints

  September 3, 2009 in Business, City Almost a year of failed bargaining between Community Health Systems Inc. and its 1,100 unionized employees has resulted in a hearing next month by an administrative law judge.

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