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• Rival questions hospital sales

  June 21, 2008 in City on Page A1 The nonprofit that operates Sacred Heart Medical Center is worried that the proposed takeover of Deaconess Medical Center by for-profit Community Health Systems may risk funding for local health programs …

• Council endorses Empire sale

  June 7, 2008 in City on Page V2 In other business Tuesday, the council heard a report about the proposed sale of nonprofit Empire Health Services, which operates Valley Hospital and Medical Center, to for-profit Community Health Systems …

• Coalition questions bidder’s Empire plans

  June 5, 2008 in City on Page A1 Community Health Systems’ plan to purchase Empire Health Services leaves some questions unanswered and lacks a firm commitment from the buyer to the public’s interest, according to a review of …

• Auditor will examine Empire Health assets

  May 16, 2008 in City on Page B1 Washington state officials have hired a large auditing firm to ensure the $156 million sale of Empire Health Services is fair. It’s a move applauded by watchdog groups concerned that …

• Empire suitor criticizes delay

  May 1, 2008 in City on Page A1 Community Health Systems criticized the state of Washington for taking “an inordinately long period of time” to scrutinize the takeover of Empire Health Services, contributing to the financial problems of …

• Officials, business leaders urge hospital buyout

  March 6, 2008 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – After a trip to Tennessee to meet the proposed buyers of Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center, several Spokane officials and business leaders Wednesday moved …

• Sacred Heart makes heated proposal

  February 23, 2008 in City on Page B1 The owners of Sacred Heart Medical Center have made a $25 million offer to buy out Empire Health Services’ stake in Inland Northwest Health Services.

• Sale puts focus on INHS future

  October 6, 2007 in Business on Page A10 As the likely sale of Empire Health Services grows near, Eastern Washington’s competing hospital systems are starting to stake out positions over the future of their most successful joint venture: …

• Job security the chief concern in pending sale of Empire

  October 1, 2007 in City on Page A1 The 2,700 employees of Deaconess Medical Center and other units of Empire Health Services have received some job assurances as the sale of the hospital system nears. Job security is …

• Empire looks ahead

  July 8, 2007 in Business on Page E1 Community Health Systems Inc. has the money in place to buy Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center. With a collection of big-name banks lined up to offer …

• Empire sees no loss of service

  July 7, 2007 in City on Page A1 Abortion rights advocates have been assured that access to the procedure – as well as to vasectomies and other forms of birth control – will continue at hospitals operated by …

• Hospitals sale a done deal? Not yet

  June 30, 2007 in City on Page A1 After nearly four years of roller-coaster dips and swells, Empire Health Services’ wild ride to financial stability appeared to level off this month with news that a potential buyer has …

• Record of for-profit hospital charity mixed

  June 15, 2007 in City on Page A4 Last year, Deaconess Medical Center wrote off $20 million in charity care to low-income and uninsured patients in Spokane – an ongoing expense that once pushed the hospital to the …

• Hospital deal near

  June 15, 2007 in City on Page A1 The pending sale of two Spokane hospitals to a Wall Street powerhouse would plow millions of dollars into aging Deaconess Medical Center and remake it into a tough competitor, say …

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