A recent legislative development in California reminds us how lucky we are that Washington has no cap on non-economic damages. Last year we were fortunate
Regular readers of this blog may recall prior blog posts regarding pricing transparency rules. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services developed a rule to
The Leapfrog Group’s 2022 Hospital safety grades reflect a decline in patient safety over the course of the pandemic. There are many factors that contribute
We wrote a blog post in 2020 discussing the impact of the pandemic on private practice physicians, struggling to keep their doors open. Primary practice physicians,
Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics announced a new policy to remove antiquated “race-based” medicine from its clinical guidelines. Prior to these recent efforts, AAP
In a bid to save thousands of dollars, a private equity group that runs an emergency physician practice group instead found itself at the wrong
A merger that has been in the works for months has materialized. Recently we learned that four cancer treatment and research centers were finalizing plans
Getting your medical records should be easier than ever before. Information blocking continues to be a problem for records access, and a tangled web of
The Washington state Attorney general’s office recently filed suit against fourteen Providence Health & Services hospitals across the state for failing to provide charity care
If you live in Seattle, you may recall a major news story several years ago regarding Swedish Hospital’s neurosciences department where, among other things, it