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Jacobs' resignation announcement, on the same day he was targeted by a new $6.2 million lawsuit, follows years of upper-level turmoil at the public teaching hospital, and Gov. Kotek says the board should not name a replacement immediately

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America’s largest insurers hire EviCore to make care payment decisions for over 100 million people, using an algorithm to increase prior authorization denials. EviCore’s lucrative deals promise insurers a 3-to-1 return on investment by reducing medical procedure costs

According to the nurses union, about 150 staff would be impacted in the walkout, and it would be the “first doctor’s strike in Oregon history”

Criticism of prescription drug middlemen has intensified recently in the wake of a federal agency’s actions and legislative reform attempts. Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, though, vetoed a related bill that would have helped independent pharmacies, citing the unfunded cost of the move.

The task is tricky and different approaches could have ripple effects, according to a state consultant, but a key lawmaker says the issue can’t wait

Research indicated that those with hearing loss have a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease later in life

Unexpectedly high enrollment numbers in the Oregon Health Plan will cost ‘a big chunk of change’ official says, and agency officials now will ask lawmakers for help funding that care as well as for unplanned staffing costs at the Oregon State Hospital

A newly released Senate report outlines how the three largest Medicare Advantage insurers denied beneficiaries post-acute care

Amid what has been called the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic, doctors and researchers are walking back medication-heavy methods of treating babies born experiencing opioid withdrawal symptoms, replacing the regimen with the simplest care: parenting.