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St. Charles Health reaches Medicare Advantage deal with PacificSource

With about two weeks before open enrollment for 2024 begins, the deal affects about 15,000 PacificSource members with Medicare Advantage. The Central Oregon hospital system has not yet reached agreements with Humana, HealthNet and WellCare.

Sep 29

Dave Baden, interim director of the Oregon Health Authority, speaks to the House Interim Committee On Behavioral Health and Health Care on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, about the financial strength of the state’s Medicaid insurers. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Insurers’ high pandemic profits from Oregon Health Plan spark legislative hearing

Citing reporting by The Lund Report, lawmakers highlighted more than $400 million in profits, which insurers defended as needed reserves and money for future community investments

Sep 28
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Lynn Knox served as co-chair of The Lund Report's board. | COURTESY HOWARD KLINK

In Memoriam: A tribute to Lynn Knox, a Lund Report board member

A community organizer and social activist, Knox was a warrior for equity, better health care and access for all

Sep 28

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Officials agree: Use opioid settlement funds to curb youth addiction. But the ‘how’ gets hairy.

Some is going to school-based prevention programs to reduce the possibility of addiction before it begins, but the question of how to do that is fraught and will involve testing the comfort levels of many parents and local officials

Sep 28

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Who polices hospitals merging across markets? States give different answers

Cross-market mergers raise consumer prices by 10-17%, researchers say, but federal regulators haven't been reviewing them

Sep 28

Jonathan Mroz in Old Town on April 5, 2023, standing on the patch of sidewalk where he was living in tent before he entered a withdrawal management facility two years ago. Today he works just blocks away as a communications specialist for Central City Concern. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Opinion: How to address homelessness in Portland

Jonathan Mroz, who knows what it's like to experience homelessness in Portland, shares his perspective on what it will take to get people the help they need

Sep 28
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Philips kept complaints about dangerous breathing machines secret while company profits soared

The devices included the popular DreamStation for sleep apnea. ProPublica's investigation included interviews with Oregon physicians Dr. Radhika Breaden and Dr. Robert Lowe, whose patients used the devices before the massive recall.

Sep 28

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Nurses union and OHSU reach tentative deal on new contract

The agreement, which the union calls “historic,” allows further bargaining on Oregon Health & Science University’s proposed merger with Legacy Health.

Sep 26

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Health officials urge Oregonians to get vaccinated against COVID, flu, RSV

The number of Oregonians infected with COVID has steadily increased since late spring, and the number of people infected with the flu and RSV is low but expected to rise

Sep 26

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici at a June 28 event in Southwest Portland. The Democrat from the 1st District of northwest Oregon is leading a bipartisan effort for legislation to promote awareness among youth about the dangers of fentanyl. | PETER WONG/©PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP/REPUBLISHED WITH PERMISSION

Bonamici teams up with Republican on fentanyl education

A program developed at Beaverton School District to warn kids about fentanyl dangers could go nationwide

Sep 26
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