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Pediatric beds are viewed as less profitable by hospitals, experts say. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Hospitals Face ‘Dire’ Situation Involving Large Numbers Of Sick Children And Adults

Gov. Kate Brown expanded an executive order to give hospitals more flexibility in caring for the high numbers of very ill patients.

Dec 7, 2022

Centene-owned Trillium Community Health Plan, long active in Lane County, also serves low-income Oregon Health Plan members in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Centene Corp. To Pay Oregon $17 Million To Settle Claims of Pharmacy Overcharging

Centene holds contracts through Trillium Community Health Plan to provide health care to low-income Oregonians.

Dec 7, 2022
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Tina Kotek | COURTESY PHOTO

Who Will Kotek Pick To Lead The Oregon Health Authority?

As the governor-elect eyes potential candidates to direct the troubled agency, speculation abounds.

Dec 6, 2022
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The Bull of Wall Street in Manhattan in New York City. | ALEXANDER NAUMANN/PIXABAY

Private Equity Dives Into Booming Business of Clinical Trials

After success in other areas of medicine, private equity firms are pouring billions into the business of clinical drug trials.

Dec 6, 2022

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Employers Use Patient Assistance Programs To Offset Their Own Costs

A Washington woman unwittingly become part of a strategy that employers are using to deal with the high cost of some drugs.

Dec 6, 2022

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They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated “Wild West.”

With no regulation, the risk of false positives and other faulty results from prenatal screenings has been known for years.

Dec 6, 2022

The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Oregon Health Authority Rolls Out Its 2023 Legislative Agenda

The agency says its focus on behavioral health, maintaining coverage and addressing racism align with Governor-elect Tina Kotek’s priorities.

Dec 6, 2022
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OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s Hospitals Are Struggling With Weeks To Go In Respiratory Illness Season

Emergency rooms across the state are overflowing and in some cases parents are seeking hospital care when it’s not needed — but there may be relief on the horizon.

Dec 6, 2022

Nursing students at Lane Community College in Eugene use simulation models during the pandemic instead of in-personal clinical visits. According to a new report, educational institutions are failing to produce enough new registered nurses. | COURTESY OF LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Nurse Unions Slam Hospitals For Lack Of Hiring

Staff shortages and hospitals’ lack of compliance with staffing plans are leading to high nurse burnout rates and intolerable working conditions, the Oregon Nurses Association says.

Dec 5, 2022
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OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY’S DOERNBECHER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS SWAMPED WITH PATIENTS WITH A RESPIRATORY INFECTION./CHRISTINE TORRES-HICKS/OHSU VIA OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon Health Authority Bringing In Dozens Of Contract Nurses For Children’s Hospitals

The Oregon Health Authority is bringing in 112 out-of-state registered nurses and respiratory therapists to help the state’s two largest children’s hospitals.

Dec 3, 2022

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