Cascadia Daily News reported that Unity Care NW, a Bellingham community health center, is not considering layoffs. It is growing its enrollment staff from four to six. About 60% of its roughly 25,000 annual patients have Medicaid.
On October 1, 2026, roughly 10,000 lawfully present immigrants in Washington began losing Medicaid under H.R. 1, the Washington State Standard reported.
The Ninth Circuit set a December 1 argument on drugmakers' appeal of the June 9 order that let Washington's 340B pharmacy law take effect. The trial court paused the case on June 15 until the appeal is decided.
Washington's Apple Health FQHC billing guide, effective October 1, 2026, says services covered under the separate community health worker billing guide are not eligible for encounter payments.
CMS's ACCESS participant list, updated September 15, 2026, includes Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in its cardio-kidney-metabolic tracks. The list names more than 160 participating organizations.
An individual employee filed a decertification petition with NLRB Region 19 on July 29, 2026 covering about 139 employees at Seattle Roots Community Health…
Washington's Office of the Insurance Commissioner announced on September 9, 2026, that twelve insurers were approved to sell individual health plans in the state's Exchange for 2027, with an average rate increase of 22.2%; insurers had requested 22.4%.
The News Tribune reported August 2, 2026 that Community Health Care, a Tacoma network of federally qualified health centers that served more than 54,000 patients in 2025, was to shut down its Women's Health Clinic completely by the end of July…
Unity Care NW, a Bellingham-based community health center, is hiring multiple additional enrollment specialists to help uninsured and Medicaid-eligible patients ahead of federal Medicaid eligibility changes.
HealthPoint announced on June 11 that its Tukwila Commons clinic was planned to open in late 2026 with medical, dental, behavioral-health, naturopathic, substance-use-disorder, social-service, and case-management services; pharmacy was planned for early 2027.
Washington State Nurses Association's current 2026 End of Session Report, modified August 4 and observed August 16, describes the final supplemental operating budget.
On its current Rural Health Transformation page observed August 16, HCA says eastern Washington wildfires prompted deadline extensions for three opportunities: Rural Hospitals—Maternal, Emergency and Specialty Services from August 20 to September 3…
Washington Health Benefit Exchange's May 2026 report shows 249,977 effectuated qualified-health-plan enrollees as of March 31 and 1,534,187 Apple Health enrollees as of February 28.
CMS announced August 10 that blanket waivers and other flexibilities are available for Washington providers hit by the Fairview, Autumn Lane and Old Trails fires near Spokane County.
Washington HCA's H.R. 1 impact deck says that effective October 2026 Apple Health eligibility is limited to lawful permanent residents who have met or are exempt from the five-year bar, Compact of Free Association immigrants, and Cuban-Haitian entrants.
KNKX reported July 23, 2026 that Providence Swedish planned to phase out its family-medicine residency programs at International Community Health Services, Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center, and Seattle Indian Health Board by 2029.
Directory-listed Moses Lake Community Health Center's January 5, 2026 announcement, published on a page authored January 21, says it received a Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation grant to support women's health in Grant County.
Directory-listed New Health Programs Association, operating as NEW Health, announced on February 20, 2026 that it had purchased land on the south end of Chewelah for a purpose-designed health campus.
Directory-listed Unity Care Northwest, branded Unity Care NW, reported on May 4, 2026 that its pharmacy served more than 7,800 patients in the prior year and that nearly 1,000 of them struggled to afford medications because of deductibles, copayments…
Feldesman, counsel for Community Health Association of Spokane, reported that an April 23 Spokane County Superior Court ruling found that the Washington Health Care Authority used two-month-old enrollment data contrary to state Medicaid rules and ordered…
On a live clinic page observed August 16, HealthPoint lists Kent East Hill as providing medical care Monday through Sunday, with longer hours Monday through Wednesday, and names primary care, behavioral health, pregnancy care, family planning…
On its current H.R. 1 impact page, Washington's Office of Financial Management estimates that federal Hospital Safety Net Program restrictions could cost the state up to $226 million in annual savings and have up to a $1.3 billion annual impact on hospitals…
OPEIU Local 8 members at Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a large Washington FQHC, are in active contract bargaining and have publicly rejected a management proposal to shift $300-$1,100 per month in medical-premium costs onto employees…
Directory-listed Community Health Association of Spokane, operating as CHAS Health, says its North Spokane and Spokane Valley urgent-care clinics provide same-day walk-in care for non-life-threatening needs to CHAS and non-CHAS patients.
Directory-listed Columbia Valley Community Health says patients of all ages can walk in or schedule online for non-emergency Express Care at 600 Orondo Ave. In Wenatchee and 900 Eastmont Ave. In East Wenatchee; patients need not already use CVCH.
Directory-listed Neighborcare Health’s current school-based health page says all of its school health centers opened to in-person student care as of September 3, 2025.
Sea Mar Community Health Centers reports that in October 2025 its nurse-practitioner residency began accepting physician assistants or associates and officially changed its name to the Advanced Practice Provider Residency.
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services' transition notice says InteliChart would be unavailable after May 3 while YNHS updated its electronic health record, with the system change beginning May 4 and MyChart scheduled to become available May 5.
Directory-listed Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic reports in its July 2, 2026 Northwest Dental Residency graduation feature that five residents received hands-on clinical training over the prior year.
Washington HCA's current stakeholder page says that work, training, or community engagement of 80 hours per month and six-month renewals begin January 1, 2027 for affected Apple Health for Adults members, with exceptions.
The Rural Collaborative's Rural Health Transformation page identifies a $5.43 million workstream and lists a Revenue Cycle Consultant request issued June 26…
Washington's Office of the Insurance Commissioner reported requests from 13 insurers averaging a 22.4% increase for the 2027 individual market and affecting 281,844 people.
After UFCW 3000's bargaining team rejected Tri-Cities Community Health's first economic counter on June 11 as inadequate on wages and nurse recruitment…
In a proposal-stage statement, the Washington Association for Community Health said the governor's proposed budget would move the Medicaid pharmacy benefit out of managed care.
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