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Oregon Inches Closer To Creating Its Own Health Insurance …

WEBUsing mostly federal money, the state and its contractor, Oracle, tried to create an online insurance marketplace in 2013-14. They burned through about $300 …

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Oregon health care reforms need renewed focus, panel says

WEBOregon drew national acclaim more than a decade ago when it launched a bold plan to remake the health care system starting with the program offering free care …

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Insurance Giant UnitedHealth Expands Into Oregon Primary Care

WEBBig Profits From Clinics. Optum Health’s primary care and specialty clinics are giving the parent company a big financial boost. In 2021, Optum Health reported …

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OHSU and Legacy Health merger plan taking longer than expected

WEBDecember 5, 2023. Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health have missed their goal for completing a merger agreement and now hope to finalize their proposal to …

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Ambitious Oregon universal health board launches amid questions

WEBThe board amounts to the latest state-led attempt to offer universal health care after others — including in Colorado and California — faltered over cost and …

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Facing Scrutiny, Oregon Will Phase Out Barriers To Children’s …

WEBFebruary 9, 2022. In an about-face, the Oregon Health Authority plans to phase out a decades-old system of rationing health care to low-income children that faced …

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Oregon Health Authority Approves Trillium’s Portland-Area …

WEBTrillium can start to enroll Oregon Health Plan members in those regions on Sept. 1 but will have to beef up its behavioral health care provider network and meet …

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Oregon’s Biggest Hospitals Feel Worst Financial Pinch From …

WEBThe four-hospital Oregon group as a whole reported an operating loss of $3 million in the first three quarters of 2021. Salem Health:Salem Hospital, the flagship of …

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New Report from PCDC Highlights Best Practices for Chronic Care

WEBNew York — The Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) has released a new report that provides recommendations to support better health care, …

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Oregon performs better in health equity, but disparities remain

WEBFor Black people in Oregon, the rate of deaths before age 75 for causes that are treatable through health care is 141 per 100,000. For white people, however, the …

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Pandemic handed big profits to companies serving the Oregon …

WEBSince the onset of the pandemic in early 2020 to early 2023, the insurers serving the Oregon Health Plan have collectively garnered profits of nearly $440 million. …

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Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger

WEBThis article has been updated to incorporate additional reporting. State officials on Jan. 17 are scheduled to make Oregon health care history when they issue …

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Clackamas County To Open New Health Clinic In Portland Area

WEBThe new holistic health center is now under construction in the location of the old Oregon Harvest building neighboring the Sandy Police Department, and county …

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Genetic Counselors Struggle To Keep Up With Huge New Demand

WEBErika Stallings’ mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28. When it came back in her early 40s, her physicians started looking for clues.

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Multnomah County corrections health employees demand …

WEBThis article has been updated. Employees at Multnomah County’s jails have asked elected officials to remove top corrections health managers in light of a union …

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Blood Shortage Prompts Call for Donors The Lund Report

WEBPORTLAND, Ore. (Jan. 8, 2018) — This January, National Blood Donor Month, the American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donors of all blood types …

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Legacy Health vows changes after killing. Nurses and others say …

WEBA Legacy spokesperson declined to provide further comment on safety to The Lund Report beyond the system’s public letter. In response to increasing violence facing its …

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Legacy Health CEO Kathryn Correia announces retirement

WEBKathryn Correia will step down as president and CEO of Legacy Health after nearly six years leading the Portland-based hospital chain. The retirement …

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Oregon lawmakers want answers on insurance mandates’ cost, …

WEBOregon lawmakers are considering a bill that will give them more information on how proposed insurance coverage mandates would affect patient access and health …

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Featured Health Hires The Lund Report

WEBWe are seeking qualified 3 Qualified Mental Health Professionals (QMHPs) to join our growing Outpatient treatment team! A sign-on bonus of $3,000.00 will be available to the …

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Feds, State Fault Unity Center -- Again

WEBState and federal authorities have launched a new crackdown at Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland following complaints that the psychiatric …

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