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Six months after a controversial patient death at the state’s main psychiatric institution, an unannounced federal inspection in September called on the Oregon Health Authority to make changes to how patients are restrained and placed in seclusion

Oregon joins Washington, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Maine, New Jersey and New York, that have all agreed to backfill millions in lost dollars

The Oregon Health Authority is looking to slash its number of budgeted employees by close to 2% as part of a much larger package of recommended cuts — even as other reductions are contemplated for providers and lower-income Oregonians

Little suggests that members of Congress will be able to work out a compromise on the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies

Vaccine hesitancy, a sense of invincibility, misinformation, distrust of the government, other factors contribute to dampen rates of vaccinations

A group of financial stakeholders is meeting regularly to advise the governor on how to prepare for reduced federal funding for Medicaid. The program is funded by taxpayers and insures one in three Oregonians.

Close to two dozen infants have been hospitalized, including two in Oregon. Federal inspectors have visited the company’s Portland facility as they try to stop the outbreak.

The semi-retired longtime health care leader came back to Legacy Health as a short-term placeholder. Now 18 months in, he says the Oregon-based hospital system is regaining its financial footing.

A health care economist says Oregon can take a page from Massachusetts to increase the state’s ability to protect consumers and patients

Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties collaborate to publish metropolitan-area climate health data, with a goal to help identify and track health indicators so counties can better respond to climate change