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    Kootenai Health Has New Leader  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (7/31/10) - Coeur d'Alene  
    Proposal Would Turn St. Luke's Magic Valley Facility Into Treatment Center  
        Times News (8/11/10) - Twin Falls  
    Hospital Advisory Vote Passes By 86%  
        McCall Star News (8/5/10) - McCall  
    Doctors Must Comply With New Image Disclosure Rules  
        Idaho Business Review (8/2/10) - Boise  
    Portneuf Medical Center Hands Over $1.5 Million Tax Check  
        Idaho State Journal (7/28/10) - Pocatello  
    Medicaid Providers Wait For Payments  
        Tribune (7/21/10) - Lewiston  
    Health Care Continues Employment Growth  
        Times News (7/16/10) - Twin Falls  
    Hospital Repays Medicare $300,000  
        Gazette Record (7/14/10) - St. Maries  
    Uninsured Idahoans Can Sign Up For New Health Insurance Plan - Program Serves People Denied Coverage  
        Idaho Statesman (7/11/10) - Boise  
    EIRMC's Big Baby - Hospital Breaks Ground on Neo-Natal Expansion  
        Post Register (7/8/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Obama, Pelosi, and Reid Push Idaho To The Right, GOP Says  
        Idaho Statesman (6/26/10) - Boise  
    Proposals Underscore Idaho GOP's Platform  
        Post Register (6/26/10) - Idaho Falls  
    PMC Sees $5 Million Savings In Building New Hospital  
        Idaho State Journal (6/25/10) - Pocatello  
    St. Lukes Magic Valley Will Help Manage Canyon View  
        Times News (6/24/10) - Twin Falls  
    Feds Seek Dismissal Of Health Reform Suit  
        Tribune (6/18/10) - Lewiston  
    Idaho Officials Work Toward Compliance As They Challenge Health Care Law  
        Tribune (6/16/10) - Lewiston  
    St. Maries Hospital Plans Change  
        Gazette Record (6/16/10) - St. Maries  
    Idaho's CAT Health Program Faces Tough Year  
        Tribune (6/15/10) - Lewiston  
    GAO: Idahoans Pay Lowest Rates for High-Risk Insurance  
        Times News (6/10/10) - Twin Falls  
    Wasden, Justice Department Reach Settlement With Orthopedists  
        Idaho Business Review (6/7/10) - Boise  
    Idahoans Pay Lowest Rates For High-Risk Pool Plans  
        Idaho Press Tribune (6/5/10) - Boise  
    Minnick Opposes Health Bill Challenge  
        Tribune (6/03/10) - Lewiston  
    Thousands of H1N1 Vaccines Remain In Magic Valley  
        Times News (5/28/10) - Twin Falls  
    Hospital Work Continues in St. Maries  
        Gazette Record (5/27/10) - St. Maries  
    Likely GOP Voters Oppose Health Care Reform  
        Idaho Statesman (5/25/10) - Boise  
    St. Luke's Magic Valley Plans Same Day Surgery Center  
        Times News (5/21/10) - Twin Falls  
    More States Join Health Care Lawsuit  
        Idaho State Journal (5/15/10) - Pocatello  
    St. Luke's Magic Valley Names Interim CEO  
        Times News (5/14/10) - Twin Falls  
    New Pharmacy Regulations Require New Certification  
        Times News (5/6/10) - Twin Falls  
    Idaho Opts Out Of Insurance Pool  
        Post Register (5/5/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Medicaid Cuts For 9 Percent of Individuals On Disability Program  
        Idaho Press Tribune (5/3/10) - Nampa  
    Blue Cross Rewards Idaho Hospitals For Health Care Quality  
        Idaho Business Review (5/3/10) - Boise  
    St. Luke's MSTI Gets Stimulus Funds  
        Idaho Statesman (4/27/10) - Boise  
    St. Luke's Magic Valley Names Interim CEO  
        KMVT Onlinie (4/29/10)  
    CEO At Cassia Regional Resigns  
        Times News (4/24/10) - Twin Falls  
    St. Mary's Hospital Plans Clinic In Grangeville  
        Tribune (4/24/10) - Lewiston  
    St. Luke's Magic Valley CEO Resigns  
        Times News (4/20/10) - Twin Falls  
    McCall Hospital Plans To Join St. Luke's System  
        Idaho Statesman (4/20/10) - Boise  
    Regence CEO: Health Reform Here To Stay  
        Tribune (4/16/10) - Lewiston  
    More Idaho Doctors Refusing Medicare, Medicaid Patients  
        KBSU / NPR (4/14/10)  
    Cascade Hospital - No Plans To Join Larger Health System  
        Long Valley Advocate (4/14/10) - Cascade  
    Company Invests In Mountain View Hospital  
        Post Register (4/13/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Reform May Mean Insurance Rate Hikes  
        Tribune (4/8/10) - Lewiston  
    McCall Hospital Plans To Join St. Luke's Health System  
        McCall Star News (4/8/10) - McCall  
    Health and Welfare Enacts Layoffs, Office Closures  
        Idaho Spokesman Review (4/7/10) - N. Idaho  
    Mercy Joins St. Alphonsus Health System  
        Idaho Press Tribune (4/7/10) - Nampa  
    St. Luke's Wood River CEO To Manage Twin Falls Hospital Transition  
        Times News (4/6/10) - Twin Falls  
    Idaho Cuts Welfare Programs  
        Idaho Spokesman Review (4/2/10) - N. Idaho  
    Simpson Won't Push To Repeal Health Reform  
        Idaho State Journal (Pocatello) - 4/1/10  
    Medicaid To Suspend Payments To Hospitals, Nursing Homes  
        KTVB Channel 7 (3/26/10) - Boise  
    Local Hospitals React To Health Care Overhaul  
        Idaho Press Tribune (3/23/10) - Nampa  
    Idahoans Will Get Their Say On Three Constitutional Changes  
        Idaho Statesman (3/22/10) - Boise  
    Hospitals Seek Protection From Some Lawsuits  
        Idaho Statesman (3/18/2010) - Boise  
    Otter Is First Governor To Sign A Law Saying State Will Defy Requirement To Buy Insurance  
        Idaho Statesman (3/18/2010) - Boise  
    Idaho Plans Lawsuit Over Health Reform and Receives Increased Medicaid Payments Same Day  
        Post Register (3/18/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Otter Is First Governor To Sign Law Saying State Will Defy Requirement To Buy Insurance  
        Idaho Statesman (3/18/10) - Boise  
    No Health Reform Arm Twisting For Minnick - Yet  
        Idaho Statesman (3/17/10) - Boise  
    Senate Agrees To Put Financing Amendments On Ballot For Hospitals, Airports, and Utilities  
        Tribune (3/17/10) - Lewiston  
    Lawmakers Wind Down  
        Tribune (3/16/10) - Lewiston  
    Some Idahoans Can't Find Doctors  
        Idaho Statesman (3/16/10) - Boise  
    Dr. Karl Watts (Saint Alphonsus) On Free Health Care and Health Reform  
        KBSU National Public Radio (3/15/10)  
    Idaho Hospitals Offering To Help With Medicaid Matching Fund  
        Tribune (3/13/10) - Lewiston  
    In-Store Urgent Care Clinics Struggle, Close In Treasure Valley  
        Idaho Statesman (3/10/10) - Boise  
    Health Freedom Act Passes Idaho Senate  
        Spokesman Review (3/10/10) - Spokane  
    Saint Al's Starts Building 4 Hospital Group  
        Idaho Statesman (3/9/10) - Boise  
    Survey: Idaho Employers Tight On Health Benefits  
        Idaho Business Review (3/8/10) - Boise  
    Gov. Otter Guest Opinion - Idaho Is Not Waiting For Federal Healthcare "Reform"  
        various sources (3/7/2010)  
    State Medicaid Budget Dealt The One-Two Punch  
        Times News (3/5/10) - Twin Falls  
    More Patients, Higher Bills Overwhelm Medicaid  
        Idaho Statesman (3/5/10) - Boise  
    Hospitals Work With Medicaid On Budget  
        KTVB Channel 7 (3/4/10) - Boise  
    St. Luke's Seeks Reversal On Cassia County Indigent Case  
        Times News (3/4/10) - Twin Falls  
    House Kills Any Willing Provider Bill  
        Tribune (3/4/10) - Lewiston  
    Idaho House Passes Hospital Debt Amendment  
        Idaho Business Review (3/1/10) - Boise  
    Health Worker Conscience Bill Clears Senate  
        Idaho Statesman (2/27/10) - Boise  
    Automatic Reminders Would Urge Immunizations  
        Idaho Spokesman Review (2/24/10) - Spokane  
    Burley Lawmaker Wood Sticks His Neck Out For The Public Good  
        Times News (2/24/10) - Twin Falls  
    Walter Knox Hospital Outlines Changes to Non-Profit  
        Messenger Index (2/24/10) - Emmett  
    Hospitals, Airports, Public Power Seek Less Rigid Debt Limits  
        Times News (2/23/10) - Twin Falls  
    House Looks To Restore Hospital Debt Powers  
        Idaho Business Review (2/22/10) - Boise  
    EIRMC Unveils New Heart Treatment  
        Post Register (2/19/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Big Plans for St. Luke's Magic Valley Building?  
        Times News (2/19/10) - Twin Falls  
    Treasure Valley's Nurses Will Have To Look Harder For Jobs  
        Idaho Statesman (2/18/10) - Boise  
    Thayne: Let State Manage Social Services  
        Idaho Press Tribune (2/18/10) - Nampa  
    Idaho Counties' Health Rated  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (2/18/10) - Coeur d'Alene  
    Senate Committee Passes "Health Freedom Act"  
        Spokesman Review Blog (2/18/10) - Spokane  
    Health Districts Face Cuts In Funding Even As Need For Services Are Up  
        Times News (2/17/10) - Twin Falls  
    Telemedicine Grant Funding Runs Out  
        Idaho State Journal (2/14/10) - Pocatello  
    Mercy CEO To Step Down  
        Idaho Press Tribune (2/13/10) - Nampa  
    Public Gets Sneak Peek at New Gooding Hospital  
        Times News (2/13/10) - Twin Falls  
    Counties Face Higher Health Care Expenses / CAT Fund Nearly Empty  
        Idaho State Journal (2/10/10) - Pocatello  
    Health Reform Block Bill Passes House  
        Idaho Spokesman Review (2/10/10) - Spokane  
    Soda Springs Hospital Expansion Set To Open In April  
        Idaho State Journal (2/9/10) - Pocatello  
    Stennett Filling Husband's Senate Seat  
        Times News (2/7/10) - Twin Falls  
    Interest High In Sale Of Portneuf's West Campus  
        Idaho State Journal (2/4/10) - Pocatello  
    Robot Makes Rounds At Walter Knox  
        Messenger Index (2/3/10) - Emmett  
    Bill To Allow Moral Objections To Certain Health Care Procedures  
        Post Register (2/3/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Freedom Of Conscience Bill Advances  
        Idaho Statesman (2/2/10) - Boise  
    Idaho Dems Vote No On Legislation To Sue Federal Government on Health Care Reform  
        Boise State Radio (1/29/10)  
    New Legislation Can Help When Insurers Say No  
        Idaho Statesman (1/28/10) - Boise  
    State Medical Fund (CAT) On Life Support  
        Post Register 1/22/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Idaho Legislators Seek To Scuttle Health Care Reform  
        Idaho Statesman (1/20/10) - Boise  
    Walter Knox Memorial Considers Converting to Not-For-Profit  
        Messenger Index (1/20/10) - Emmett  
    Kootenai Health CEO To Retire Next Year  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (1/13/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
    Idaho Health and Welfare Offices Cut Hours  
        Idaho Spokesman Review (1/13/10) - Spokane  
    Haitian Hospital Supported by St. Al's Badly Damaged  
        Idaho Statesman (1/13/10) - Boise  
    Code Change Softened Blow From Unemployment Insurance Rate Hike  
        Idaho State Journal (1/11/10) - Idaho Falls  
    Grant Funds Cancer Screenings at St. Mary's Hospital  
        Tribune (1/11/10) - Lewiston  
    "Idaho Stands To Lose" - Blue Cross CEO Comments On Reform  
        Viewpoint (1/10/10) - KTVB 7, Boise  
    Idaho Republicans Seek To Cut Services, Taxes  
        Idaho Spokesman Review (1/10/10) - Spokane  
    Portneuf Interested In Housing Local VA Clinic  
        Idaho State Journal (1/9/10) - Pocatello  
    Portneuf To Bolster County Tax Rolls  
        Idaho State Journal (1/6/10) - Pocatello  
    Bingham Memorial Opens New ICU  
        Idaho State Journal (1/6/10) - Pocatello  
    Former AG Weighs In On Potential Lawsuit Against Feds Regarding Health Reform  
        Boise State Radio (1/5/10) - Boise  
    Madison Memorial Set To Go Digital  
        Post Register (12/18/09) - Idaho Falls  
    Twin Falls County Budget Strained To Meet Indigent Healthcare Needs  
        Times News (12/15/09) - Twin Falls  
    Doctor Trims Overhead, Saves Patients Money  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (12/6/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
    Regence Trimming Workforce  
        Tribune (12/3/09) - Lewiston  
    Doctors Embrace Social Networkng  
        Idaho Statesman (12/3/09) - Boise  
    Health Districts Under Scrutiny?  
        Times News (12/1/09) - Twin Falls  
    Hospitals Awaiting Reform Assurances  
        Spokesman Review (12/1/09) - Spokane  
    Epperly Working To Maintain Immunization Funding  
        Boise State Radio (12/1/09) - Boise  
    Bonner General Opposes Being Rezoned  
        Bonner County Daily Bee (11/30/09) - Sandpoint  
    Five Community Hospitals Provide Vital Service Rural Residents Readily Use  
        Lewiston Tribune (11/29/09) - Lewiston  
    Payette Lake Medical Clinics To Merge With St. Luke's  
        Star News (11/26/09) - McCall  
    Boundary Community Hospital Least Costly In The Nation  
        Herald (11/12/09) - Bonners Ferry  
    St. Lukes Wood River Makes Hospital Cuisine Green  
        Idaho Mountain Express (11/20/09) - Ketchum  
    Association: Hospitals Drive Local Economies  
        Idaho State Journal (11/19/09) - Pocatello  
    Burley Hospital Owner Earns White House Praise  
        Times News (11/18/09) - Twin Falls  
    St. Luke's Heart Program Wins National Honors  
        Idaho Statesman (11/18/09) - Boise  
    New Advice About Breast Exams Leaves Many Scratching Their Heads  
        Idaho Statesman (11/18/09) - Boise  
    Op Ed: Community Hospitals Impact Economy - S. Millard, IHA  
        Post Register (11/17) & Idaho Bus. Review (11/16)  
    Voters Approve EHR for Syringa Hospital  
        Idaho County Free Press (11/11/09) - Grangeville  
    Benewah Hospital Project Could Take Three Years  
        Gazette Record (11/11/09) - St. Maries  
    St. Luke's New Hailey Clinic To Open Next Week  
        Times News (11/8/09) - Twin Falls  
    Unity Medical Brings Health Care Into A "New Normal"  
        Idaho Business Review (11/9/09) - Boise  
    Medical Service Providers Put Off Expansion Plans  
        Idaho Business Review (11/9/09) - Boise  
    Health Care Experts Weigh Pros, Cons Of Consolidation  
        Idaho Business Review (11/9/09) - Boise  
    Projects Completed On VA Medical Center Campus, Clinics Planned for Mt. Home, Caldwell  
        Idaho Business Review (11/9/09) - Boise  
    Minnick, Simpson To Vote No On Health Care Bill  
        Idaho Statesman (11/7/09) - Boise  
    Risch Weighs In On Heath Reform  
        Idaho State Journal (10/29/09) - Pocatello  
    Taxpayers Face $31 Million Hospital Bond for Franklin County  
        Idaho State Journal (10/29/09) - Pocatello  
    Idaho's Congressmen Question Health Care Bill  
        Idaho Statesman (10/30/09) - Boise  
    St. Maries Hospital Approved  
        St. Maries Gazette Online (11/5/09) - St. Maries  
    Madison Memorial Buys Out Surgery Center  
        Standard Journal (11/5/09) - Rexburg  
    Shoshone Medical Center Earns National Honor  
        Shoshone News Press Online (11/5/0) - Kellogg  
    Kootenai Opens Cancer Care Center In Post Falls  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (11/6/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
    Opinion: Health Care Cost Don't Disappear, They Shift  
        by M. Trillhaase - Tribune (10/28/09) - Lewiston  
    Patients With Flu Symptoms Asked To Avoid ERs  
        Idaho Press Tribune (10/16/09) - Nampa  
    Kootenai Begins Program To Attract, Retain Family Practice Residents  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (10/14/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
    Electronic Health Records Loan on Ballot for Syringa Hospital  
        Tribune (10/17/09) - Lewiston  
    Flu Leads SE Idaho Hospital To Tweak Visitation Policy  
        Idaho State Journal (10/13/09) - Pocatello  
    Health Providers Dig Into Reform At Sun Valley Confab  
        Idaho Business Review (10/12/09) - Boise  
    Lawmakers Don't Have Free Health Insurance  
        Idaho Statesman Online (10/12/09) - Boise  
    Billing Snafu Leads To Medicaid Patients Being Billed For Previously Free Home Care Services  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (10/11/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
    St. Al's Robot Makes Rounds At Syringia Hospital  
        Idaho County Free Press (10/9/09) - Grangeville  
    Merger of ISU’s Pharmacy, Health Colleges Proposed  
        Idaho State Jounral (10/9/09) - Pocatello  
    Crapo: Rushed Health Reform Is Anything But  
        Tribune (10/2/09) - Lewiston  
    Free Medical Clinic Opens It's Doors  
        Idaho Press Tribune (10/2/09) - Nampa  
    Health Care Reforms Could Put Idaho In A Sling  
        Tribune (9/30/09) - Lewiston  
    Crapo Encouraged By Strong Opposition To Insurance Option  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (9/30/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
    Health Reform and the Medical Home (featuring Dr. Karl Watts)  
        KTVB Channel 7 - Viewpoint (9/27/09) - Boise  
    N. Idaho Health Firms Weigh In On Reform  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (9/27/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
    State Indigent Fund Could Run Out Of Money By First of Year  
        Post Register (9/27/09) - Idaho Falls  
    Op Ed: Reform Must Keep Coverage, Quality of Care In Mind  
        S. Jeffcoat-St. Alphonsus (ID Statesman - Boise)  
    Kootenai CEO Addresses Health Care Debate  
        Coeur d'Alene Press (9/22/09) - Coeur d'Alene  
 
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