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The closure of Legacy's Mount Hood birth center was marked with a vigil on March 17, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Health Authority denies Legacy’s request to close Gresham maternity unit Premium

Health officials accused Legacy of creating a staffing problem and signaled the health system could face penalties for the closure

Mar 29

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University of Oregon to host talk on climate change impacts to public health Premium

Dr. Renee Salas, an expert in the field of climate and health care, will deliver the free lecture

Mar 30

State Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, testifies to the Oregon House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee about a bill he sponsored to overhaul Measure 110 on March 28, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers seek fixes to Oregon’s drug decriminalization law Premium

Legislation seeks to streamline the grant process envisioned in Measure 110 while better supporting its oversight council

Mar 29

State Health Policy

Oregon Capitol in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Key deadline brings Oregon lawmakers’ priorities into focus

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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

OHSU lobbyist will help run Oregon Health Authority

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James Schroeder. | COURTESY OF HEALTH SHARE OF OREGON

Outgoing health authority director faced ethics law complications

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Money Flow

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OSPIRG wants state to clamp down on hospital profits from commercial patients

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Kevin Heinrich, a licensed practical nurse, at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility on Feb. 13, 2023. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Long-term care providers say temp staff costs unsustainable, seek legislation

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OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Bucking bottom-line gloom, OHSU racks up surprise profits as patient revenues soar

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Behavioral Health

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Marion County Sheriff won’t transport patients from Oregon State Hospital

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Oregon lawmakers consider bill to boost community-based mental health treatment beds

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Legislation seeks stable funding for new 988 crisis hotline

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Health Equity

Legacy’s closure of the maternity unit at its Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham, Ore., follows weeks of pushback and was marked with a candlelight vigil on March 17, 2023, outside the hospital that critics organized. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State investigates Legacy’s Gresham maternity unit closure

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Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State threatens ‘regulatory actions’ if Legacy closes Gresham hospital maternity unit without approval

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Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

East County lawmakers urge state to block Legacy’s closure of Gresham birth center

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Oregon lawmakers struggle to improve drug monitoring tool

Mar 30

University of Oregon to host talk on climate change impacts to public health

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Mar 30

ADHD patients face uneven urine screens and, sometimes, stigma

Mar 30

A progress check on hospital price transparency

Mar 30

Oregon Health Authority denies Legacy’s request to close Gresham maternity unit

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Mar 29

Lawmakers seek fixes to Oregon’s drug decriminalization law

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Mar 29

Unions, hospitals strike larger deal around minimum staffing compromise

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Mar 28

Lawmakers seek pause on new Oregon Health Plan contracts

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Mar 28

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Measure 110 & addiction care

Check out our comprehensive coverage of how Oregon's landmark drug decriminalization law is impacting the state's addiction care system.

Hospitals

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Despite massive investment portfolios, Oregon hospitals say they need the Legislature’s help

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Oregon hospitals back bill to compensate them for patients with nowhere to go

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Some hospitals allowed secrecy around ‘crisis’ care standards, others aren’t

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Opinion

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Opinion: Oregon’s behavioral health system is at a turning point

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Opinion: To measure Oregon’s psilocybin program’s impact, data must be collected

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James Schroeder. | COURTESY OF HEALTH SHARE OF OREGON

Opinion: An open letter to Oregon’s health community

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Caregivers

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Inside Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Unions, hospitals strike larger deal around minimum staffing compromise

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Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses at Legacy’s Gresham hospital push to unionize

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Understaffing concerns have helped fuel nurse union rallies such as the one outside Providence Health's Oregon headquarters in Portland on January 20, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Stressed and overworked, nurses want strict hospital staffing requirements

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SW Washington

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Vancouver Clinic. | COURTESY VANCOUVER CLINIC

Vancouver Clinic to open new mental health center

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WORKERS RALLIED ON OCT. 10, 2022, AT PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, TO PROTEST WORKING CONDITIONS./COURTESY PHOTO

PeaceHealth Workers In Vancouver Claim Management ‘Bullying’

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Vancouver Mental Health Facility Looks To Ease Overcrowding

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Oregon Health Plan

Members of the Oregon House of Representatives on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers seek pause on new Oregon Health Plan contracts

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State prepares to take 300,000 people off Oregon Health Plan as pandemic measures end

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Review launched of CareOregon-SCAN merger

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Aging

A BUS IN OHIO DESIGNED TO LOOK GOVERNMENT-ISSUE INSTEAD REPRESENTED A SALES TACTIC TO MISLEAD THE ELDERLY, ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL REPORT./COURTESY OF U.S. SENATE

Study: Elderly ‘Inundated’ By Aggressive, Misleading Marketing Driven By Medicare Advantage Plans

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Amid Heightened Medicare Fraud Concerns, State Consumer Hotline Program Helps

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Class-Action Suit Filed Against Oregon Nursing Home Giant Avamere

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Rural Health

Nurses and health care workers at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. | COURTESY OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Alleged wage theft from nurses at CommonSpirit hospitals in Oregon sparks lawsuit

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Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health. | PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC

Critics, backers emerge on Adventist plan to absorb Mid-Columbia Medical Center

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St. Anthony Hospital Technical Workers Vote To Unionize

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Children’s Health

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Portland school district teaches advocacy group’s substance-use curriculum

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A student at Harmony Academy, a high school for teens in recovery, told The Lund Report he didn't realize he was smoking fentanyl until his parent had him tested. He thought the pills he was buying were oxycodone. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

State inaction left Oregon teens vulnerable to fentanyl’s fatal spread

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From left, Cheryle A. Kennedy, Chairwoman for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; Kelly Rowe, Health and Wellness Director for the Tribe; and Multnomah County Commissioner Diane Rosenbaum cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Great Circle Recovery at 3580 SE 82nd Ave. in Portland on Feb. 6, 2023. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

New clinic in Portland poised to treat fentanyl addiction in youths and adults

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Gender Health

Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Legacy Health sticks to tight timeline for closing Mount Hood birth center

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Dr. Mary Afsari-Howard, an OBGYN, speaks at a rally on Feb. 13, 2023, seeking to pressure Legacy Health to reverse its decision to close its Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Rally sounds alarm over closure of Legacy birth clinic in Gresham

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Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health. | PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC

Faith-based Adventist says it won’t eliminate reproductive services at Mid-Columbia

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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | RENAUDE HATSEDAKIS

Oregon Legislature

Fixing Oregon's faultering health care and behavioral health care systems are high on lawmakers' priority lists this session, and we're in Salem following those efforts.

Public Health

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COVID, flu and RSV trends moving in right direction, state official says

Feb 9

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OHSU vaccine study suggests too-frequent COVID boosters unhelpful

Jan 26

As respiratory illnesses cause increasing strain on hospitals in Oregon and Washington, PeaceHealth officials are telling people not to come to the emergency room at Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver if at all possible. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth Officials Urge Patients To Avoid ER In Vancouver As Oregon Officials Issue New Alert

Nov 23, 2022

Access & Quality

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Oregon universal health insurance proposal draws praise, fire

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METRO WEST AMBULANCE

Metro West appeals Washington County ambulance contract award to AMR

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Bill seeking universal health care in Oregon gets first look

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Drugs & Pharmacies

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Bill seeks personal data collection on people who use legal psilocybin in Oregon

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Emily Savage and Michael Daher, who manage Myrtle Drugs in Myrtle Creek, told the House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee during an online hearing on Jan. 24, 2023, that pharmacy benefit managers' business practices are destabilizing independent pharmacies. | SCREENGRABS VIA OLIS.OREGONLEGISLATURE.GOV/THE LUND REPORT

Drug supply companies squeezing pharmacies out of existence, Oregon lawmakers warn

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‘Microdosing’ allowed under Oregon’s new psilocybin program

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Housing & Poverty

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Bill would tighten charity care rules for Oregon hospitals

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The Red Lion Inn & Suites in Seaside was purchase by CareOregon so it could be converted into housing for health care workers, as well as people with behavioral health needs. | COURTESY OF CAREOREGON