rural health

Med Students, Rural Providers Continue to Question Future of Rural Clerkships

Students are circulating a petition asking OHSU to keep rural clerkships, but the administration says the program will expand, not contract
April 23, 2013 – Medical students at Oregon Health & Science University are circulating an online petition asking the school to keep the five-week rural clerkship that has been a required part of OHSU's medical curriculum since 1994 – but the university's administration maintains it doesn't intend to reduce or eliminate the clerkships, and in fact plans to offer more rural clerkships. Read More >>

Family Providers Question Potential Changes to OHSU's Rural Curriculum

The school is expanding its rural clerkships, with many new positions in specialty practices
April 1, 2013 – While Oregon Health & Sciences University is pushing for free tuition to students who choose to serve in underserved areas – including rural Oregon – it's also revising its curriculum in ways some doctors fear will affect rural rotations, also called clerkships. Read More >>

Legislature May Narrow Rural Tax Credit for Doctors

The House Health Committee approved a $1 million loan forgiveness plan for medical students dedicated to serving in rural areas
March 13, 2013 — Legislators heard two bills on Monday that would make it easier for doctors and other healthcare providers to practice in rural Oregon. Read More >>

State May Bring Back Rural Loan Repayment Program with $4 Million

A similar program recruited 79 healthcare providers to rural Oregon between 1993 and 2008, but was cut in 2009. The new bill could attract as many as 96 providers to underserved parts of the state
February 12, 2013 — Oregon would restore $4 million in the next biennium to fund a loan repayment program that assists primary healthcare providers willing to work in rural areas, under a bill being pushed by Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaverton. Read More >>

Rural Oregon Losing Dentists

Few new graduates find rural areas appealing because of their debt load
November 10, 2011--The days of selling a private dental practice in rural Oregon are coming to an end, in part, because of the overwhelming debt faced by new graduates. Read More >>

PEBB Increases Cost Sharing to Plug Budget Hole

Mid-year plan design changes take effect April 1
March 8, 2011 -- The Public Employees Benefit Board voted unanimously last week to increase cost-sharing to its 127,000 members beginning April 1. Read More >>

Harker Proposes Legislation to Ease Primary Care Shortage

House Bill 2400 would appropriate $3.1 million, which would assist 9-12 rural healthcare providers
February 16, 2011 -- It’s no secret that Oregon faces a shortage of primary care physicians. However, loan repayment and forgiveness could go a long way toward closing the primary care gap, according to doctors, advocates and debt-laden medical students. Read More >>

Free Care at Oregon Hospitals Tops the Charts

Reducing costs and freezing pay was the only saving grace in a year that tested Oregon hospitals financially
December 8, 2010 -- Oregon hospitals provided more than $1.1 billion in uncompensated care in 2009, close to 14 percent more than the year before and the highest amount ever for the state’s 57 acute care facilities, based on the latest financial figures released this week by the Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research. Read More >>

Medicare Advantage Changes Strike Rural Oregon Hardest

Private Medicare plans are beginning a precipitous withdrawal from the state of Oregon
October 14, 2010 -- The 25,000 Oregonians forced to change health coverage in coming months because their Medicare Advantage plans are going away likely represent just the tip of the iceberg. Read More >>

Rural Mental Health Shortage Reaches Legislators

Kathy Moon, a nurse practitioner in Reedsport, brings this issue before the House Human Services Committee on Sept. 22
September 16, 2010 -- Kathy Moon never thought she’d become the voice for rural Oregonians suffering from mental illness. But as a nurse practitioner working in the small town of Reedsport, she’s become acutely aware of the lack of services for this vulnerable population. Read More >>
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