Wfhen the Trump administration sent billions in federal relief funds to medical organizations, at least $259 million went to dialysis providers, with Fresenius receiving more than half of that.
Aug 10, 2020
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
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COURTESY OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers who worked to plug the budget hole took a nip-and-tuck approach rather than slash and burn. Still, advocates are worried about behavioral health care funding.
Aug 10, 2020
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Providence Milwaukie Hospital.
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PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES
Unlike those in other states and countries besieged by the coronavirus pandemic, Oregon’s indoor eating and drinking establishments don’t appear to be risky places to catch COVID-19.
Vaccines engineered to protect the public from various diseases like influenza, hepatitis B and rabies can be less effective in obese adults than in the general population.
Aug 7, 2020
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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.
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The for-profit Medicaid insurer has contracted with Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy for some services but failed to woo Providence Health & Services.
Aug 7, 2020
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Oregon Health & Science University's sprawling west side campus in Portland.
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AARON BIELECK/OHSU
About 30 students entered a two-part nurse practitioner program last June, expecting the university to lock-in their tuition. Instead, OHSU is suspending its "tuition promise."
Aug 6, 2020
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During open enrollment, people help Oregonians sign up on the marketplace.
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DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Gov. Kate Brown's prevention strategy to prevent community spread has proven ineffective amid testing delays and some residents’ unwillingness to cooperate with investigators.