While resting in her Cheney home, Robin Allen turned to her smartphone for a face-to-face video chat with a nurse practitioner to discuss a recent infection. Within a 10-minute virtual exam, Allen received a diagnosis of pink eye.
She didn't feel well
Facilities slated to expand area's psychiatric services
March 2, 2017
Behavioral health providers have started work on two new facilities that, when up and running, are expected to expand psychiatric services here dramatically.
Providence Health & Services has started clearing a site on the lower South Hill for a $34 milli
North Star Retirement & Assisted Living Community, in Coeur d'Alene, has been full for the last year, and a planned new addition is almost completely reserved, says Becky Georgius, a family adviser and marketing specialist at North Star.
The growing
Cascadia Development LLC, a rapidly growing Yakima-based developer and operator of senior residential facilities, plans to construct and operate a $9 million memory-care center on the South Hill, says Justin Younker, a founding principal with the company.
Year-long trial run before retirement can help those nearing big transition
February 16, 2017
Spokane-based financial adviser Paul Viren says one of the strategies he employs with clients approaching retirement is to have them do a 'mock retirement†starting six months to a year before their planned retirement date.
'Living every month unti
Lynn St. Louis, founding partner of Elder Law Group PLLC, says her Spokane-based law firm is poised to pick up additional clients in the coming years, as the need for estate planning and elder law services continues to increase.
'Elder law is definite
National and international trends bode well for the young Patriot Portfolio formed by Spokane-based Vorpahl Wing Securities, says portfolio manager Eli Petropoulos.
The Spokane-based stock brokerage, which Petropoulos says manages close to $100 million
Having celebrated the 72nd anniversary of its founding last month, the Spokane chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals is looking to expand its membership and continue its efforts to educate consumers on financial services.
In its desire to protect retirement savers better, the U.S. Department of Labor last year ruled all financial professionals working with retirement plans, or providing retirement planning advice, would be recognized as fiduciaries by the federal agency.
Some worry about exodus of advisers, fewer client options
February 2, 2017
In its desire to protect retirement savers better, the U.S. Department of Labor last year ruled all financial professionals working with retirement plans, or providing retirement planning advice, would be recognized as fiduciaries by the federal agency.