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Doctors wary of Idaho bill to review maternal mortality Idaho …

WEBUpdated January 23, 2024 3:24 PM. People march with the SW Idaho chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in downtown Boise last year to call attention to …

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St. Luke’s begins construction at downtown Boise campus Idaho …

WEBThe new 860,000-square-foot tower will add 80 patient beds to St. Luke’s downtown operations, bringing its capacity to over 500 beds, according to a news …

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Idaho doctors say physician shortage will likely get worse. A slew …

WEBSaltzer Health, a medical group with 11 clinics in the Treasure Valley, announced mid-January that it would close completely by the end of March absent a last …

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Sterling Urgent Care opens 4 clinics in Boise, Idaho, area Idaho

WEBIndividual memberships cost $60 a month and family memberships, which include up to four people, cost $120 a month. Sterling Urgent Care’s new clinic at 10965 …

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Ex-Saltzer doctors open new practices. Where to find them

WEBSaltzer closure a ‘roller coaster’. Dr. Mark Rasmus, a sleep medicine specialist and former board member at Saltzer, opened the doors to his new clinic, …

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Meridian Idaho mayor pushes hospital, medical developments.

WEBBy Rachel Spacek. Updated June 08, 2023 7:26 PM. Idaho State University has a health science campus in Meridian and plans to add another campus. It …

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Idaho is in a quiet youth suicide and mental illness crisis Idaho

WEBWe live in a nation of crisis response to suicides and mental health issues. To right this ship, we as a community must ensure there is a focus on people, place and …

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Ada County successor to Labrador on health board confirmed

WEBUpdated November 09, 2023 1:29 PM. Update, Nov. 9: Greg Ferch’s appointment by the Ada County Commission to the Central District Health Board was …

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Saltzer Health plans to close Boise-area clinics Idaho Statesman

WEBSaltzer Health, one of the state’s oldest and largest primary care groups, plans to close its doors by the end of March, laying off over 450 employees and leaving …

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Nearly 1 in 4 obstetricians have left Idaho, report says Idaho …

WEBThe Idaho Statesman is reporting in 2024 on the implications of Idaho’s health care shortage. More than one in five Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing …

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Boise Police find dead teen, 7 alive children in Boise house Idaho

WEBSeven other children, all alive, were also found living at the house. Boise Police responded to a call at 8:19 a.m. Thursday from a person who said they’d found their …

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Ammon Bundy posts edited, misleading video of Idaho doctor

WEBFact check: Ammon Bundy used edited video to falsely accuse St. Luke’s doctor of lying. Two weeks after a jury found that Ammon Bundy and his associate …

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WebMD acquires Boise nonprofit Healthwise’s operating assets

WEBHealthwise was founded in Boise by Don Kemper in 1975. He retired in 2016. The Idaho Statesman reported in 2022 that Healthwise had about 250 employees. It’s …

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St. Luke’s, Saint Alphonsus health systems lift mask mandates

WEBSt. Luke’s Health System has lifted a years-old requirement for all patients, staff and visitors to wear masks. Masks will still be worn in certain settings, including in …

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Nampa’s Saltzer Medical Group sold to Ahlquist company BVA

WEBThere are changes in store for the 58-year-old medical group, starting with a new name: Saltzer Health. The deal was announced in a news release Tuesday from …

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Buyer for ID’s Saltzer Health clinics unlikely, experts say Idaho

WEBPrimary Health, started nearly 30 years ago, has 23 clinics in the Boise area. Tommy Ahlquist, a prominent Idaho developer and former emergency room physician, …

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Saltzer Health leases clinics, surgery center to Saint Alphonsus

WEBAsked if the Meridian clinic would resume its 24-7 schedule upon reopening, Ramirez told the Statesman that the health system is assessing the clinic’s operating …

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Health and Welfare reimbursed ‘some’ drug paraphernalia buys

WEBThe eight-week Health and Welfare internal investigation — prompted by Gov. Brad Little — found that while the agency didn’t directly purchase pipes, it did in …

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CDH employees allege retaliation that drove high turnover

WEBGina Pannell, right, Liz Cosio, center, and Zack Ward were three former employees at Central District Health who alleged the public health district became a …

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Primary Health acquires Saltzer ear, nose and throat practice

WEBThe ear, nose and throat practice Primary Health Medical Group acquired from Saltzer Health is located in Suite 200 on the second floor of Saltzer’s former building at …

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Idaho abortion law poll: Residents support more access Idaho …

WEBThe firm surveyed 603 Idaho residents in August 2022 — when the state’s total abortion ban went into effect — by phone, email and text. The poll found the majority of …

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Conservative groups weigh in on Idaho ER abortion case

WEBThe state and the Department of Justice will argue the case, which will decide the fate of emergency medical exceptions to Idaho’s abortion ban, in front of the U.S. …

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Healthwise founder reflects on Boise nonprofit sale to WebMD

WEBMarch 02, 2024 4:00 AM. Healthwise founder Don Kemper, seen in this file photo from 2018, shares his thoughts and feelings about the sale of the nonprofit that he founded …

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