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ADHD patients face uneven urine screens and, sometimes, stigma

Patients face dramatically different requirements, depending on their clinics’ and health insurers’ policies

Mar 30, 2023

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A progress check on hospital price transparency

Since 2021, hospitals nationwide have been laboring to post their prices for every service, drug, and item they provide, but progress is mixed

Mar 30, 2023

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

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

Mar 29, 2023
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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

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

Mar 29, 2023
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A health care worker pushes a gurney passed other workers in blue scrubs inside a hospital through a corridor.

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

Unions, hospitals strike larger deal around minimum staffing compromise

Compromise on nurse-to-patient ratios includes union support for other hospital-backed bills

Mar 28, 2023
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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

Oregon is modifying its unique Medicaid system while resuming member eligibility checks

Mar 28, 2023
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Andrew Johnson says his friends think he’s crazy for deciding to work in human services. He knows he made the right career choice for himself, but he still wants to be able to afford a house in Montana someday. | KEELY LARSON/KHN

Behavioral health providers scramble to keep remaining staff amid Medicaid rate debate

Not just an Oregon problem, the supply of staff is inadequate to meet demand for behavioral health care across the U.S. amid low reimbursement rates

Mar 28, 2023

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 18, 2015. | GAGE SKIDMORE/CC BY-SA 2.0