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Home care is not home health. Here is the difference, and who pays
A caregiver helps with daily life. Home health helps someone get better. The names sound alike, but they are ordered and paid for in different ways.
November 12, 2026
Idaho gets $182.7 million for rural health care, a little less than last year
The second-year federal award ranks fortieth among the states. The state says Washington did not explain the drop, and no county-by-county split has been announced.
November 12, 2026
Hospice of North Idaho hires a medical director
Dr. Dianna Kubacz is a board-certified family physician who led a nonprofit hospice in South Carolina. She moved to North Idaho with her family early this year.
Coeur d'Alene · November 12, 2026
After 740 house calls, a wound care practice opens a clinic in Post Falls
North Idaho Wound Care treats hard-to-heal wounds in homes and care centers. It now has a front door at 3773 W. 5th Ave., and it still comes to you.
Post Falls · November 11, 2026
Kootenai Health is cutting 80 jobs
North Idaho's largest employer says rising costs, led by a $60 million-plus jump in its yearly drug bill, are behind the cuts. Workers are being told this week.
Coeur d'Alene · November 10, 2026
There isn't just one hospice. Seven serve Kootenai County, and you get to choose
Hospice is a kind of care, not a place. Seven agencies offer it here, three nonprofit and four for-profit. Here's who owns each, how a hospice house works, and what Medicare pays.
November 8, 2026

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