Oregon Health Plan membership has increased by more than 100,000 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but the state has enough extra funding to cover new members through the end of the year.
Aug 25, 2020
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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem.
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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
A study published this month concluded that COVID outbreaks “could be a serious threat to the firefighting mission” and urged vigilant social distancing and screening measures in the camps.
State regulators are expected to start combing through the finances of thousands of Oregon medical practices with a goal of capping per-patient spending at 3.4%.
Aug 19, 2020
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Christel Allen became NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon's executive director in June./Courtesy of NARAL
The abortion rights group has a new leader, Christel Allen, the first woman of color to lead the group. Allen, in turn, chose Jeanine Morales, a Black woman with experience advocating for minorities, as her deputy.
Aug 19, 2020
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Dina Ellwanger is the new president and chief nursing officer for Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario.
Trillium can start to enroll Oregon Health Plan members in those regions on Sept. 1 but will have to beef up its behavioral health care provider network and meet equity requirements.