The St. Charles Medical Center in Bend is the latest Oregon hospital to be caught by the labor unionization wave in the health care sector.
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McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center and Service Employees International Union Local 49 have reached a tentative labor pact and the union has called off a strike it had set for later this month.
Sep 5 2019
Trillium Community Health Plan (Trillium) has awarded grants totaling $1.2M to seven organizations from its 2019 Innovation fund. Grant recipients were selected from providers and community stakeholders driving innovative solutions that improve the health of Trillium members.
Sep 5 2019
As voters fume about the high cost of health care, politicians have been targeting two well-deserved villains: pharmaceutical companies, whose prices have risen more than inflation, and ins
Sep 5 2019
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When Congress returns next week, a bill to cut prescription drug costs will be on its plate. It was crafted by a bipartisan team, and it scaled its first hurdle in the Senate.
Sep 4 2019
A security breach may have exposed the personal information of up to 122,000 Providence Health Plan dental patients in Oregon, including their social security numbers and other sensitive data.
Sep 4 2019
We do things our own way in Oregon. Over the years, Oregonians have brought the same innovative approach to health reform as we’ve applied to protecting public beaches and voting by mail.
Sep 4 2019
This summer, CareOregon has continued funding for community-based organizations that focus on housing and adverse childhood experience (ACEs) as key determinants for health and well-being.
Sep 4 2019
A person in Oregon has died after vaping in what appears to be the second such death nationwide.
Sep 3 2019
Legacy Health has hired a mental health expert with a business degree to oversee the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, Oregon’s only emergency psychiatric care facility.
Sep 3 2019