Providence to stop providing some outpatient services in northeast Washington

Providence Health Care has announced it is closing several programs in Spokane and Stevens counties. It’s shuttering its Chewelah-based DominiCare, a companion-based program that serves elderly people who need non-clinical in-home services. It’s also closing outpatient physical therapy clinics in Spokane, Spokane Valley and Chewelah.

Washington U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell says since the Trump administration announced an intent to cut back on Medicaid spending, she has feared this time of announcement was inevitable.

"One of the great things about rural Washington is that it is more affordable, but you have to have schools, you have to have health care, you have to have law enforcement. We don't want to see the

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