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CareOregon is among 16 coordinated care organizations in Oregon serving Medicaid members. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Weighs $100 Million In Incentives To Boost Vaccination Rates

Coordinated care organizations and the state are negotiating a change that could reward them for having a high rate of vaccinated members.
May 25, 2021

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May 25, 2021
Dr. Cynthia Maree, infectious disease chief at St. Charles Health System, wants to boost the vaccination rates in her hospital system -- and in the community./St. Charles Health System

Hospital Systems Face Internal Vaccine Skeptics

A Lund Report analysis indicates that at least 85% of hospital providers are vaccinated but only about 75% of all employees have been inoculated against COVID-19.
May 24, 2021
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ZoomCare opened a new clinic in Eugene. | ZOOMCARE

PeaceHealth’s ZoomCare Acquisition Off To Flying Start

A new urgent-care clinic network, funded in part with $100 million from PeaceHealth, doubles its staff, nearly doubles its roster of clinics and expands into Idaho and Colorado.
May 24, 2021
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Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?

Hospital-level care at home is poised to grow after more than a decade, boosted both by hospitals eager to ease overcrowding and growing interest by insurers who want to slow health care spending.
May 24, 2021
State health officials are racing to win federal approval of Oregon Health Plan changes before Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, leaves office./Josh Andersen/OHSU

Oregon Offering Lottery Prizes As Incentive To Get Vaccinated

Gov. Kate Brown announces a $1 million lottery prize, and other smaller prizes, to entice the unvaccinated into getting a jab.
May 21, 2021
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