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Kotek appoints new director of Oregon Health Authority

WebNovember 6, 2023. Gov. Tina Kotek has named Dr. Sejal Hathi to be the new director of the Oregon Health Authority, ending an eight-month vacancy at the top of the largest agency …

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More people buy private health insurance plans as thousands lose

WebThe number of people buying private health insurance policies on the federal marketplace rose slightly this year in Oregon as thousands lost Medicaid coverage. The …

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Oregon expands free health insurance for low-income Oregonians

WebOregon Health Authority said 40,000 immigrants who had received state-funded emergency health coverage were switched to the new program on July 1

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Oregon’s Biggest Hospitals Feel Worst Financial Pinch From …

WebOregon’s Biggest Hospitals Feel Worst Financial Pinch From Pandemic. Surging staff expenses hit the state’s largest hospitals the hardest in the first nine …

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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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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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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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Lynne Saxton Heralded as Next OHA Director The Lund Report

WebDiane Lund-Muzikant. | The Lund Report. December 22, 2014. After Gov. Kitzhaber announced that he’d tapped Lynne Saxton to run the Oregon Health Authority, …

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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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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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Gov. Brown Appoints New Health Policy Advisor The Lund Report

Webby. Ben Botkin. | The Lund Report. August 4, 2020. Gov. Kate Brown has promoted her deputy health policy advisor following the retirement of her top health …

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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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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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Three Salem Providers Form CCO, Seek State Medicaid Contract

WebJanuary 24, 2019. Three Salem provider groups have announced plans to start a nonprofit coordinated care organization and to apply for one of Oregon’s next multi-million-dollar …

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State wants input on CareOregon merger The Lund Report

WebState should delay CareOregon-SCAN merger, urges prominent health care leader. Premium. According to the documents filed publicly, the merger would join two already …

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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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Oregon has huge shortage of treatment beds, consultant finds

WebThe largest shortfall cited in the report from the Oregon Health Authority was among residential drug and alcohol treatment beds, with the state needing to add an …

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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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Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t …

WebHISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the …

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Beset by unique, severe financial woes, Coos Bay hospital struggles

WebIn early December, executives at Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay received the official notification from outside auditors that every health care leader dreads: The …

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State Public Health Director Rachael Banks leaving for a top job at

WebOregon Public Health Director Rachael Banks is leaving the state to head Multnomah County’s Health Department. Multnomah County announced on Monday that …

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Legacy Health CEO Kathryn Correia announces retirement

WebThis story has been updated with comment from Legacy Health. Kathryn Correia will step down as president and CEO of Legacy Health after nearly six years …

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