Dr. Saravanan Kasturi, medical director of Northwest Endovascular Surgery in Richland, said private practices like his are struggling in part because Medicare reimbursements have not kept up with the cost of providing services, resulting in a loss of many procedures and patients having to instead visit hospitals.
Those calling the state to check on their unemployment benefits or ask questions now have a smaller window to connect with a customer service representative.
Just months before the first airline to establish air service between Pasco and Burbank, California, ceased operations at the Tri-Cities Airport, another has started offering its own flights to the Southern California destination.
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.
A Benton County brewery known for its sweeping views of Badger Mountain and the Tri-Cities has made plans to open near the waterfront at Port of Kennewick’s Columbia Gardens Wine & Artisan Village.
A joint venture of three multinational engineering and construction companies with extensive experience in large infrastructure projects is in negotiations to design and build small modular reactors for Energy Northwest.
The final phases of construction on the Dallas Road roundabouts in Richland will start this week before resuming in the spring. Detours will be in place.
The program will provide qualifying states with at least $100 million per year for five years but Washington is slated to lose between $30 billion and $50 billion in federal Medicaid funds over the next 10 years, leading to the closure of 14 rural hospitals. The application for the Rural Health Transformation Program is due Nov. 5 with awards expected by the end of the year.
