Officials with the state Attorney General’s office say Lincare knowingly billed rental fees for oxygen equipment in excess of what is permitted by law more than 15,000 times. Those officials estimate that 565 Medicaid patients in Washington state were overbilled by more than $500,000. 

The estimated $49 billion in medical debt of 15 million Americans will no longer be permitted as part of credit reporting following the finalization of a new  federal rule. 

Described as “Disneyland for seniors,” an innovative day center is set to open in Kennewick in late winter that will offer “reminiscence therapy” for adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia in a facility designed to mimic the 1950s.

Prosser's new 88,000-square foot hospital north of Interstate 82 will open Feb. 1, with public open houses scheduled for January.

An initiative to make Washington’s long-term care program, and paying the tax that funds it, voluntary for state residents failed at the polls.

The Muscle Spa uses a fun play on words to explain why it’s “knot your average massage” place.

Federal health authorities have confirmed at least three people in Washington have contracted bird flu after working around poultry with the virus at a commercial egg farm in Franklin County.

Health insurance costs in Washington for small businesses and their employees will increase an average of 11.9% in 2025, according to the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner. 

About 4.3 million people 55 or older who have cognitive impairment or dementia live alone in the United States. A variety of other problems can ensue, including social isolation, malnutrition, self-neglect and susceptibility to scams. 

Benton County’s groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 12 celebrated the start of construction on the new Columbia Valley Center for Recovery in Kennewick.