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More than two dozen states nationwide that have developed guidelines for prescribing prescription pain pills. In Oregon, two task forces are looking at tightening prescribing guidelines for acute and chronic pain patients to try to stem overdoses.

Jacobs signaled that he will listen and learn and then embark on a team effort to set the course for the future.

When critics attacked Purdue Pharma for deaths linked to OxyContin, rivals stepped up their marketing of other potentially dangerous painkillers, such as fentanyl and morphine.

The Unity Center for Behavioral Health started turning most patients away on Saturday.

Karl Carrier is the first board chairman who is not an official within the Catholic Church.

The action could drive up premiums for people who purchase insurance in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

Jim Rudnick will oversee Cascadia’s Information Technology and Administrative Support departments.

A federal report calls the regulators to ramp up oversight of the industry, citing patients in pain or distress and a lack of care.

Medicare lowered the ratings of one in 11 of the nation's nursing homes, about 1,400 facilities, because they didn't have enough registered nurses or failed to provide payroll data.

Only walk-ins are accepted while the Oregon Health Authority investigates the center, which has been plagued with problems since opening a year and a half ago.